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[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/tehran-seeks-hike-in-gwadar-power-tariff-electricity-import-talks-held-with-iran-team-450"]Electricity import talks held with Iran team[/url]

ISLAMABAD : Iran has sought about 90 per cent increase in tariff for the 39MW of electricity it currently sells to Pakistan and the two countries agreed on Monday to expedite import of an additional 1000MW from the Islamic republic.



Informed sources told Dawn that Pakistan had been importing 39MW of electricity from Iran for Gwadar and border areas of Balochistan [color="#FF0000"]at about 5 cents per unit since 2003[/color].



The import contract has expired and [color="#FF0000"]Iran wants to increase the tariff to 9.5 cents per unit.[/color] Pakistan considers it high and has offered 8 cents per unit. The two sides are yet to formalise a revised contract, according to the sources.

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