QUETTA: The Balochis­tan government and a Ku­waiti company signed a me­morandum of understa­nding (MoU) on Thursday about leasing of land for a 100MW solar power project in Balochistan.

The MoU was signed at the Chief Minister House, and Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani and Kuwaiti Consul General Abdullah Al Khaldi were present on the occasion.

Energy Secretary Pasand Khan Buledi and the chief executive officer of Inner-Tech Holding Company, Kuwait, Yasir Ahmed, signed the MoU.

The project would generate 100MW electricity which would help fulfill the energy requirements of the province.

Published in Dawn, July 6th, 2019

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