ISLAMABAD : Pakistan offered Tajikistan access to its warm water ports of Karachi and Gwadar – part of CPEC – as it reiterated resolve to revive the cross-border power transmission project. This was discussed during a metting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of Council meeting in Samarkand. Shehbaz was accompanied by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and other officials and diplomatic staff.
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