(MENAFN) Pakistan is to import 1,300 megawatts of electricity from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through Afghanistan, Xinhua reported.
The Pakistani Water and Power Minister said that the project "will bring in clean and affordable hydro- electricity to the country's energy starved national grid."
Work on the project is expected to begin next year and finish in two or three years providing cheaper electricity for Pakistani consumers.
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