{"id":67702,"date":"2020-07-08T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T10:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67702"},"modified":"2020-07-08T15:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T10:09:36","slug":"agreement-signed-for-construction-of-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-for-construction-of-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project.html","title":{"rendered":"Agreement signed for construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement worth USD 1.5 billion for the construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kohala-hydel-power-project-agreement-signed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kohala Hydel Power Project agreement signed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan witnessed the ceremony and said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will be known as a \u2018milestone\u2019 in the country\u2019s prosperity and development, adding that the CPEC is \u2018the future of Pakistan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Khan opined that the country could learn from China, which is fast on its way to emerge as an economic power. When referring to the inking of the agreement, Khan said that it was part of the investment that will fund a power project based on clean energy. He said that the hydropower generation is considered a great and environment-friendly source of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> clean energy<\/a> \u2013 which is also in line with the government\u2019s \u2018Clean and Green Pakistan\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-dams-to-enhance-hydel-generation-capacity-to-30000mw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction of dams to enhance hydel generation capacity to 30,000MW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Lt Gen (retired) Bajwa highlighted that the Azad Pattan Hydel Power project will create 3,000 jobs and will generate an annual revenue of PKR 1.38 billion for both Punjab and Azad Kashmir. He further said that with this investment and no additional fuel import, the country is moving towards cheaper and greener energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement worth USD 1.5 billion for the construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project, according to news sources. Read: Kohala Hydel Power Project agreement signed Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan witnessed the ceremony and said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will be known as a \u2018milestone\u2019 in the country\u2019s prosperity and development, adding that the CPEC is \u2018the future of Pakistan\u2019. Furthermore, Khan opined that the country could learn from China, which is fast on its way to emerge as an economic power. When referring to the inking of the agreement, Khan said that it was part of the investment that will fund a power project based on clean energy. He said that the hydropower generation is considered a great and environment-friendly source of clean energy \u2013 which is also in line with the government\u2019s \u2018Clean and Green Pakistan\u2019 campaign. Read: Construction of dams to enhance hydel generation capacity to 30,000MW Meanwhile, Lt Gen (retired) Bajwa highlighted that the Azad Pattan Hydel Power project will create 3,000 jobs and will generate an annual revenue of PKR 1.38 billion for both Punjab and Azad Kashmir. He further said that with this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016],"tags":[34050,34051,16706,34052],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-agreement-signed-for-construction-of-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project","10":"tag-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project","11":"tag-clean-and-green-pakistan","12":"tag-clean-energy","13":"cat-20385-id","14":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Agreement signed for construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement worth USD 1.5 billion for the construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project, according to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-for-construction-of-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agreement signed for construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement worth USD 1.5 billion for the construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project, according to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agreement-signed-for-construction-of-azad-pattan-hydel-power-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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