Dushanbe: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi met Tajikistan’s Energy Minister on Wednesday and discussed the CASA-1000 energy project.
The Governor of KP discussed with the Minister of Energy of Tajikistan, Juma Dalair Shofakir, that after the completion of the KASA 1000 project, it will provide stability to the energy sector in Pakistan.
Ambassador of Tajikistan to Pakistan Sherifzada Yusuf, Member of Provincial Assembly Arbab Zarak Khan, prominent businessman Shahbaz Zaher and officials of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy attended the meeting.
The meeting held a detailed discussion on the important energy project CASA-1000 involving Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The main goal of the project is to increase access to electricity in Afghanistan and Pakistan, promote regional energy trade, and promote economic development among the participating countries.
Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said the CASA-1000 project will play an important role in solving the electricity shortage in South and Central Asia and developing the region’s energy infrastructure.
He also said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has a unique potential to generate electricity and aims to develop the entire energy sector in the province, including generation and distribution.
Faisal Karim Kundi also sent an invitation to the Minister of Energy of Tajikistan to visit Peshawar, which was accepted by the Tajikistan minister.
The Tajik minister appreciated the mayor’s interest in energy projects and said that such visits strengthen relations between countries and help solve social problems.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Tajikistan presented a special souvenir to the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This meeting is an important step towards the development of energy cooperation between the two countries and cooperation in regional development projects.
