China to Build $1.5 Billion Power Line Across Pakistan

State Grid of China will help build a 4,000 megawatt power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at $1.5 billion, Pakistan said Friday, the latest in a series of Chinese investments in its South Asian neighbor. The high-capacity transmission line will be the first of its kind in Pakistan and will link Matiari town in the south, near a new power station, to Lahore city in the east, a key link in transmission infrastructure, the Pakistani government said. An agreement on the...

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