ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has decided toshelve a major power project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC).
Islamabad has officially conveyed to Beijing that it is no more interestedin the 1,320MW Rahim Yar Khan power project in view of sufficientgeneration capacity already lined up for the next few years.
It has requested the Chinese friends to formally delete the project fromthe CPEC list.
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During the 8th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting held last month,a Pakistani delegation led by Minister for Planning and DevelopmentMakhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar “proposed to remove the Rahim Yar Khan importedfuel power plant (1,320MW) from the CPEC list, in order to providestructure optimisation space for the subsequent power market of Pakistan”,said an official, quoting minutes of the Dec 20 JCC meeting.
