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WB approves $825mn loan for Pakistan to support power transmission, health and education

December 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (INP): The World Bank Tuesday approved a package of $825 million to improve the national power transmission system in Pakistan, and enhance health and education service delivery by strengthening financing management and procurement systems. The $425 million National Transmission Modernization Project-I (NTMP-I) will modernize the national transmission system to enable new power generation to reach consumers by upgrading, expanding and rehabilitating selected 500kV and 220kV substations and transmission lines.................... INP/AH/LK