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Pak-Russia Partnership Strengthening Positively: Minister For Defence....
“Pakistan and Russia have made tremendous, substantive strides in their partnership since 2013. Defense cooperation has been the vanguard of this new chapter in Pak-Russia relationship, but will soon be matched by vast energy-sector cooperation.” Says a press release received here today From Moscow.
This was stated by Minister for Defence Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan while concluding the 5th Pak-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) in Moscow as Pakistan co-Chair with his Russian counterpart, Minister for Trade and Industry Denis V. Manturov.
The Pakistani and Russian Ministers signed the formal protocol after a plenary session of the IGC that concluded three days of multi-faceted dialogue and negotiations between the Pakistan and Russian contingents.
Speaking to the media after the signing ceremony, the Pakistan co-Chair announced that both sides have accelerated ongoing negotiations on numerous energy sector investments by Russia into Pakistan.
“We have also added important new subjects such as trade liberalization to the IGC, and held the first meeting of Pak-Russia Joint Working Group on Trade. Other subjects of the dialogue were mutual recognition of standards, increasing Pak students in Russia, banking and customs cooperation, and visa facilitation,” said Minister Khan.
Khurram Dastgir Khan was appointed recently by the Prime Minister to co-Chair the Pak-Russia IGC. He led a 22-member delegation consisting of Secretaries of Economic Affairs, Energy, and Textile Industry as well as senior officials from Ministries of Petroleum, Foreign Affairs, and Commerce. Minister Manturov led a 50-member delegation of Russian officials.
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Construction of the largest power station in solar power generation in Pakistan continues. After completion, this will be the world's largest photo voltaic power station.
This photo voltaic power station will not only provide electricity but also opportunities for the local population.
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230 km 6 lanes - Motorway M-3.
It is part of 1650 Km - - PKM & KLM. It will be operational for traffic April 2018...
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1152 Km - Motorway.
: 392 km (M-5) - Motorway. Area : 125 km Sukkur - section to be completed by April 2018.
(Ghotki Feeder Canal Bridge). It will be completed in 2019.
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: 392 Km Sukkur-Multan Motorway M-5 , 6 lanes two sections, including Multan to Uch Sharif and Sukkur to Sadiqabad, will become operational by June 2018.It will be fully completed by April 2019, Over 30 percent work of Sukkur-Multan Motorway has been completed.
Sukkur-Multan Motorway starts at Sukkur and terminates at Multan after passing through Pano Akil, Ubauro, Ahmed East, Pirwala, Jalalpur, and 54 bridges would be built on the motorway, including a big one over river Sutlej.
The Sukkur-Multan project includes 12 service areas, 10 rest areas, 11 interchanges, 10 flyovers and 426 underpasses and it will provide high-speed transport services between Sindh and Punjab.
