From an elusive dream a few years ago, the Central Asia South Asia electricity import project for supplying surplus central Asian power in the summers to Afghanistan and Pakistan — codenamed Casa-1000 — seems to be nearing reality...
Last Thursday, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet approved in principle the signing of the master agreement and the power purchase agreement of the Casa-1000...
The CASA-1000 project will help generate electricity in Pakistan and Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday as he addressed the Quadrilateral Session of CASA-1000 conference on the final day of his visit to Tajikistan, Radio Pakistan reported...
"Pakistan needs energy for its socio-economic development and [to] run its industrial sector to its full potential," said PM Nawaz, adding that the CASA-1000 project would...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan desires an early implementation of CASA-1000 power project — a project of regional energy cooperation among Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon Thursday...
He said Pakistan wants an early implementation of CASA-1000 project, which is an important project to help overcome energy shortage in the country...
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DUSHANBE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday attended the inauguration ceremony of the Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) transmission line near Dushanbe in Tajikistan on Thursday, Radio Pakistan reported...
The Casa-1000 project will comprise the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of the AC and DC facilities...
ISLAMABAD: The Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) will help overcome power load-shedding in Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday...
“The role of CASA-1000 is important in redressing the power shortages in Pakistan,” he said during a meeting with Kyrgyzstan’s Minister for Economy Kojoshev Arzybek Orozbekovich at the Prime Minister’s House...
According to an official privy to the meeting, the visiting delegation was informed that the transmission line of Central Asia-South Asia (CASA-1000) will remain idle during October and April every year because of a decline in hydropower generation in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...
“Pakistan invited the Russian Federation to join CASA-1000 for the non-hydel part, as there is room for the transmission of electricity from October to...
The third edition of Pakistan’s leading entrepreneurial and innovation conference, 021Disrupt, was organised by The Nest I/O on November 2nd & 3rd at a hotel in Karachi; the conference aimed to connect local and international investors, innovators, and tech pioneers with the entrepreneurial community of Pakistan...
This year 021Disrupt witnessed a footprint of 1100+ entrepreneurs, investors, influencers, professionals and students...
More than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the border into Tajikistan on Sunday following Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan, the Tajik border guard service said...
The crossings underscore a rapidly deteriorating situation in the country as foreign troops near a complete withdrawal after 20 years of war in Afghanistan
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KARACHI: The customer base of branchless banking would become larger than the conventional banks in the next five years as 50 million mobile accounts are expected to be operational by 2020, said Nadeem Hussain, President, Tameer Bank...
The technology-driven mobile banking would help bring transactions worth Rs3...
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese manufacturer will launch its mobile handset manufacturing and assembling unit in April (Pakistan’s first), a senior official at Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication said on Monday...
The government had announced tax incentive package for manufacturing of mobile phones in budget 2015-16...
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CAPE TOWN: Around 80 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s 800 million people should have access to mobile telephones by the end of the decade, double the current rate, although government help is needed to reach far-flung areas, industry body group GSMA said on Wednesday...
The growth of mobile data — an even more powerful economic tool than simple voice services — also hinges on authorities allocating sufficient spectrum, said...