German Ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel said that Germany has always considered Pakistan as its important ally in South Asia and would boost co-operation in energy sector of the country. This was stated on Tuesday during her visit to 500 kV Grid Station Nokhar near Gujranwala, a project of National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC), completed earlier with funding of German Bank. Ina Lepel was flanked with First Secretary Sabastian Ernest and KfW team comprising of Dr Flank Albert, Wolfgang Moellers and Dr Parvaiz Naim.
Earlier, delegation of Germany's KfW State Development Bank met Managing Director NTDC Dr Fiaz A. Chaudhry at his office in WAPDA House Lahore and showed interest in co-operation of future projects of NTDC. Dr Chaudhry welcomed their offers and affirmed that Germany has played an important role in the development of Pakistan's energy sector. He said that 500 kV Grid Station Sheikhupura, 500 kV Sheikh Muhammadi Peshawar and 500 kV Nokhar grid station near Gujranwala were completed with financial assistance of KfW development bank.-PR