The Pakistan Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrukh Qayyum will leave for a two-day visit to China to finalise the modalities of the support with the Chinese authorities.
Pakistan is to establish two more nuclear power plants, Chashma 3-4, with the generating capacity of 640 MW, costing PKR137.3 billion that can be completed in eight years.
The government has estimated the cost of each project at PKR68.6 billion in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2008-09. Pakistan and China will finalise the modalities of the deal by January 15, 2009. President Asif Ali Zardari had requested nuclear power plants during his visit to China and received a favourable response. After President Zardari’s visit, the concerned authorities of the two countries began work on maturing the deal.
