Electricity import from India a priority for Nawaz

[s.ali]

think china is more sincere than any other country

 

[AUz]

think china is more sincere than any other country

China is as sincere as U.S.A..and probably even less.

Understand this : International Relations are only and only based on mutual interests..and not on sincerity.

The day Chinese strategic interests in Pakistan vanished, Chinese won't even help us with one dime...

Smell the coffee brother..and Welcome to the forum.

Inshallah, you'll learn alot...

 

[ExtraOdinary]

New Pak govt may consider importing electricity from India


Pakistan’s new government will consider importing 1,000 MW of electricity from India as part of a short to medium-term strategy to end power outages, according to a media report on Tuesday.

The import of electricity from India, Iran and Central Asian Republics was feasible; The News quoted its sources as saying.

Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N party, set to form government after its victory in the May 11 polls, is considering various options to overcome the crippling energy crisis.

An Islamabad-based unnamed official of the World Bank confirmed that a feasibility study had been done for exploring the import of electricity from India.

The official said 1,000 MW could be imported from India within the next two years.

According to World Bank officials, electricity trade between Pakistan and India will be completed in the next two years, including conducting feasibility studies, pricing and building a transmission line.

India and Pakistan are working on energy cooperation though there is no energy-sharing mechanism in this region, the report said.

The previous Pakistan People’s Party-led government had decided in principle to import 500 MW of power from India.

In August, Indian and Pakistani experts agreed to conduct feasibility studies and identify points for the proposed import of electricity.

During a meeting in Islamabad, the experts had discussed proposals for electricity trade, including the building of a high voltage direct current link to transfer 500 MW from India.

The PML-N will also present a roadmap for eliminating circular debt, The News reported.

“The task force on energy has presented its recommendations, in which the upcoming minister and his team have been advised to end the circular debt at all costs,” said former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, a member of the task force.

The budget deficit might rise but the incoming government will have to take steps for strengthening the energy sector that has choked all economic activities, he said.

The energy crisis has damaged GDP growth over the past five years and average growth stood at 2.5 per cent of GDP on per annum basis.

The Planning Commission, which is preparing the salient features of next five-year plan, has estimated that GDP growth could touch the seven per cent mark in next five years because huge untapped potential exists in the economy.

New Pak govt may consider importing electricity from India - The Hindu

 

[Goodbye!]

stopping nature's call half done

Aapki potti bijli powered hai? fir to aap severe constipation ki shikar ho gayi hongi.

 

[SBD-3]

wrong move....
why not import from Iran or better make your own.

I said it before, we can only make barter trade with Iran. Thus exchanges involving large sums would be difficult to conduct with Iran. This problem is not present with India where we can easily pay in US Dollars/Euros or even settle it through ACU.

 

[Jango]

This problem is not present with India where we can easily pay in US Dollars/Euros or even settle it through ACU.

But do we have enough dollars to buy around 1000MW of electricity?

 

[Beerbal]

Does India has surplus energy? If yes then sell it, But make sure that the electricity will be used for public...

 

[Beerbal]

Go for "Domestic Hydropower".

The Three Gorges Dam alone produces 22.5 Gigawatts of power, that is more than the entire power consumption of most medium sized countries.

And it will pay for it's own construction costs after less than a decade.

Not possible... coz

1, Corruption
2. Lack if fund
3. Not ample of river like china. Not one dam can make that much electricity in Pakistan.
4. Lack of conviction
5. Unlike china, Democratic country ppl will protest any attempt of land acquisition.
6. Unlike china , enviornment group will make hue and cry...

and much more...

But do we have enough dollars to buy around 1000MW of electricity?

Don't worry India can buy some pakistani land.. (Just kidding)

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

But do we have enough dollars to buy around 1000MW of electricity?

Bhai India kaun sa payment ek baar main mang leni hai... Monthly billing hogi... aap log use karo ..bill pay karo...apko Govt usko collect kar ke ....apna margin nikal ke ..India ko payment kar degi.

 

[Menace2Society]

If the govt go ahead with this, they really are stupid.

 

[Armstrong]

We don't need to import electricity from India or anyplace else - For godsake our installed capacity is already more than our consumption - Just get rid of the bottle necks & the cyclical debt....in the meantime invest in those coal power plants that we need or just give some money to Samar Mubarakmand for his coal gasification project that hes been screaming for...for the past 3-4 years !

 

[Argus Panoptes]

We don't need to import electricity from India or anyplace else - For godsake our installed capacity is already more than our consumption - Just get rid of the bottle necks & the cyclical debt....in the meantime invest in those coal power plants that we need or just give some money to Samar Mubarakmand for his coal gasification project that hes been screaming for...for the past 3-4 years !

Getting rid of a billion dollars of cyclic debt and reduce one-third line losses is not easy, and neither is finding money to invest. Our power supply situation is quite difficult at the moment with no easy solutions.

 

[JanjaWeed]

Is this for real? Indians need to be careful here while selling electricity to Pakistan, if at all they go ahead with this. Paani rokne ki ilzaam already lag chuki hai.. ab bijli rokne ke bhi lagegi!

 

[Abingdonboy]

wrong move....
why not import from Iran or better make your own.

In the long term sure, but for the immediate/short term India is a logical choice.

 

[jha]

India ke paas extra electricity hai..?

BTW 1000 MW electricity se 15 hours ka load shedding ka problem solve ho jayega..? And what will be the High voltage line used for when Pakistan no longer needs to import electricity..?