The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of China to cooperate in different sectors. According to a spokesman of the provincial government, the MoU has been signed between provincial capital Peshawar and Xuzhou, the Capital city of Chinese Province Jiangsu. Both the provincial capitals will cooperate with each other in areas of economy and trade, agriculture, technology, culture, education, and public health. The spokesman said the province will also benefit from Xuzhou city expertise in transport and construction of economic zones.
Earlier on August 28, Adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on energy and power Hamayatullah Khan said that the province was producing 45,000 barrel of crude oil per day. Presiding over a meeting in connection with the production capacity of OGDCL in Peshawar, Hamayatullah said that KP was also producing 400 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd) gas and 830 tons liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on daily basis. He said that drilling for exploration of oil and gas reserves was underway in 20 blocks across the province.
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