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ISLAMABAD: In Sindh, 330 MW Thar Energy Limited Power Project Block-II is being completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
According to an official, the power plant would supply electricity to the national grid under a 30-year Power Purchase Agreement.
Similarly, two more coal-fired power plants, Engro Thar Block II power plant and Thal Nova are also being developed in Thar Block II.
Earlier, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar had urged the media to foil the international unjustified campaign against China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) instead of becoming part of it.
Addressing a press conference along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on CPEC Khalid Mansoor, the minister said it was the era of fifth generation hybrid warfare when the enemy was utilising new tools to flop the opponent’s projects.
“We are witnessing the international campaign against our national project under which false and baseless news are being disseminated to reverse the progress,” he had said, adding “this campaign is understandable but iour local media is also becoming part of it deliberately or unintentionally by quoting the Western media’s report against CPEC”.
Referring to some news reports published in local media which quoted a US think tank’s report that many information with regards to CPEC were being kept secret, the minister said each and everything about the project was kept public.
Asad Umar said the concerned authorities were bound to tell all the required information to the parliament and the parliamentary committees besides, all information about tariff structure of the energy projects under CPEC were also available on the website of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) .
