<p> Energy-starved Pakistan's plan to import up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity from India has been stalled amid rising anti-Pakistan and extremist sentiments in India, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"How can we push for electricity import [from India] when those at the helm of affairs in India are taking an extremely anti-Pakistan posture," a senior official from the Ministry of Water and Power told Dawn newspaper.<br /><br />The Narendra Modi administration is not only taking a hawkish stance against Pakistan, but is also refusing to come to the negotiating table and is encouraging extremist groups to attack Pakistani visitors, including singers, writers and sportsmen, he said.<br /><br />Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif told the Senate last week that Pakistani and Indian officials had discussed plans for importing 500 MW from India in April 2012.<br /><br />Two years after these discussions, officials from Adani Enterprises Ltd of India visited Pakistan in April 2014 to discuss matters related to the import.<br /><br />In the written statement, the minister detailed how AEL had submitted a draft to the ministry, proposing the export of 500-800MWs in two-three years as a starting point, recommending an eventual scale-up to 3500-4000MWs.<br /><br />"But no further progress was made in this regard," Asif said.<br />Pakistan is facing shortfall in in electricity and planning to also import electricity from Iran and the Central Asia.<br /><br />It is believed that import from India would be cheaper and fast due to short distance and similar infrastructures on both sides of the border.</p>
<p> Energy-starved Pakistan's plan to import up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity from India has been stalled amid rising anti-Pakistan and extremist sentiments in India, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"How can we push for electricity import [from India] when those at the helm of affairs in India are taking an extremely anti-Pakistan posture," a senior official from the Ministry of Water and Power told Dawn newspaper.<br /><br />The Narendra Modi administration is not only taking a hawkish stance against Pakistan, but is also refusing to come to the negotiating table and is encouraging extremist groups to attack Pakistani visitors, including singers, writers and sportsmen, he said.<br /><br />Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif told the Senate last week that Pakistani and Indian officials had discussed plans for importing 500 MW from India in April 2012.<br /><br />Two years after these discussions, officials from Adani Enterprises Ltd of India visited Pakistan in April 2014 to discuss matters related to the import.<br /><br />In the written statement, the minister detailed how AEL had submitted a draft to the ministry, proposing the export of 500-800MWs in two-three years as a starting point, recommending an eventual scale-up to 3500-4000MWs.<br /><br />"But no further progress was made in this regard," Asif said.<br />Pakistan is facing shortfall in in electricity and planning to also import electricity from Iran and the Central Asia.<br /><br />It is believed that import from India would be cheaper and fast due to short distance and similar infrastructures on both sides of the border.</p>