Pakistan and US officials to hammer out energy ideas

Senior US officials will travel to Pakistan to hammer out strategies to tackle the country's chronic electricity crisis and find ways to lure foreign investment into the crumbling sector.
But US officials and experts said there could be no "quick fix" to resolving the power shortages, a problem that is a hot-button political issue in Pakistan and is seen by economists as undermining growth potential in the country.

"The current government has the capacity to do more on the energy sector front and we are hoping to work with them to create opportunities for US companies," a senior US official said of the meetings in Islamabad.
US officials said the meetings would be wide-ranging and examine what kinds of regulatory and policy reforms could encourage investment, although analysts said it could be a hard sell to American firms.