ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - According to Pakistan's Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan, the country's power sector has an investment potential of over $80 billion including power generation, transmission, and system upgrades.

Speaking at an inaugural training program on Pakistan's power regulatory regime organized by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), the minister said that the transmission sector has an investment opportunity of $20 billion, reports The Express Tribune.

With the government planning to increase the power generation capacity in the country to 42,000 MW by 2030, the generation sector offers an investment opportunity of $40 billion.

The government also plans to increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix to 20% by 2025 and 30% by 2030.

Source: The Express Tribune