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Lahore, Pakistan, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday called for stepping up efforts to finalize import of hydroelectric power from Tajikistan to help overcome acute power shortage in the country.
Finalization of power import agreement and preferential trade agreement will reinforce Pak-Tajik ties, the President said.
The President said this in a meeting with Tajik Minister for Energy and Industry Gul Sherali who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday.
The Tajik Minister informed the President that Tajikistan had about 3000MW of exportable surplus power which can be exported to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
An agreement formalizing laying of transmission line from Tajikistan to Pakistan for electricity trade was inked in August last year during the inter-government council meeting in Islamabad.
The President inquired about the status of the project and directed that bottlenecks, if any, should be removed for its early implementation.
Briefing the media about the meeting spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the Tajik Minister was on a visit to Pakistan on the eve of the President’s forthcoming visit to Tajikistan.