Power project in Kohistan: K-P govt, KHNP of Korea ink deal

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government and a South Korean energy sector giant Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company (KHNP) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for initiation of work on 496 megawatt capacity Spot Gah Power Project in Kohistan district under a public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

Energy & Power Secretary Mohammad Saleem Khan signed the MoU on behalf of the K-P government while, KHNP President and Chief Executive Officer Dr Jae-Hoon Chung represented his company. K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan was chief guest on the occasion. Besides, the South Korean Ambassador Kwak Kyu Sung, the Provincial Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Advisor to CM on Energy, Himayatullah Khan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), PEDO Engineer Zainullah Shah and other higher authorities attended the ceremony.

The project will be completed in next five years and will be the largest hydel power project in the history of the province so far.  

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7^th, 2018.