ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan’s First Deputy Minister for Energy and Water Resources Jamshed Shoimzoda on Sunday said that the major energy project Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) would be completed by December 2026, providing 1,000MW of electricity to Pakistan.

The CASA-1000 is a $1.2 billion regional power project designed to bring the benefits of interconnectivity to four countries Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.

“This grand project will take time to be operational by January 2027, after which bilateral cooperation in the energy sector between the two countries will be further promoted and there will be a new beginning of clean and green energy projects in both countries,” Mr Shoimzoda told Associated Press of Pakistan in Dushanbe (Tajikistan).

He further said that Tajikistan will completely switch to green energy and zero emissions by 2027, and during this time, it will make great efforts to implement the green energy project with other countries in the region.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2025