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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the Pakistani government, with the help of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has amicably resolved the Karkey dispute and helped Pakistan avoid paying the $1.2 billion penalty.
In a Twitter message, he said the resolution of the Karkey dispute has saved Pakistan USD1.2 billion penalty imposed by the International Centre for settlement of investment disputes (ICSID).
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The prime minister congratulated the government team for doing an excellent job in achieving the feat. However, Khan did not give details about the help lent by the Turkish president to resolve the issue. He had personally requested Erdogan to use his “good offices” to resolve the lingering dispute as Islamabad’s ailing economy could not afford to pay such a hefty fine, according to a senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry official.
Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretin (KKEU) was one of 12 rental power companies that had been awarded contracts by the PPP government in 2008-09 to ‘resolve’ the power crisis.
A ship was brought to Karachi port in April 2011 to provide electricity to the national grid under the then government’s RPP policy to overcome the energy crisis. However, it failed to generate 231 megawatts as was required under the agreement, even though $9m had been paid to the company in advance as capacity charges.
The plant produced only 30-55MW of electricity and that too at a cost of Rs. 41 per unit, which was a serious breach of contract, according to the prosecution. This led to a 50 percent increase in the refund claim by the government, from $80m to $120m.
According to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), after a reference was filed against Karkey, the Turkish company had requested a plea-bargain deal and said it was ready to pay $18 million to NAB and promised not to go for international arbitration.