Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has launched the Central Asia South Asia 1000 power project near Dushanbe in Tajikistan on Thursday.
As per details, Nawaz Sharif, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Chief Executive Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah and Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov jointly launched the project at an impressive ceremony.
On the occasion, the leaders were briefed about the project.
The CASA-1000 is a flagship project, and the first of its kind that will link Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan through electricity grid.
Under the project, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will supply 1300 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The project is likely to be completed by 2018.
