ISLAMAABD, March 12 (APP): Minister for Energy (Power Division) Omar Ayub Khan Tuesday said the present government envisages an open and competitive electricity market, which will not only offer investment opportunities to entrepreneurs but also open vistas for regional electricity trade.
He expressed these views in the meeting with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov who called on Minister for Energy. The Minister said that grids interconnectivity among Central Asian States and South Asian countries will also attract other countries especially along the CPEC route.
Pakistan and Turkmenistan have decided to establish a working group to finalize the issue of laying an electricity transmission line from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan.
While addressing the meeting Turkmen Minister for Energy said that Turkmenistan has surplus electricity available at affordable and competitive rates that can be exported to Pakistan via a transmission line.
Source: VNS
