---On 23rd February, a high-level delegation 
                        from Pakistan visited HRC. The distinguished guests, including 
                        Dr. Majidulla, Energy Advisor to the President of Pakistan, 
                        Mr. Ahmad, Ambassador-at-Large, Dr. Altaf, Chairman of 
                        Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, and Mr. Tallae, 
                        Technical Counselor of Pakistan Embassy in China, held 
                        a warm and fruitful discussion with HRC leaders and experts 
                        on the concrete cooperation in the field of small hydropower. 
                        The Pakistani side appreciated highly the efforts taken 
                        by HRC for providing SHP training and other services to 
                        promote SHP development in numerous developing countries 
                        for the past decades. Dr. Majidulla offered HRC experts 
                        several technical documents with information on the SHP 
                        projects to be refurbished or to be built in Pakistan. 
                        At the cordial invitation of the Energy Advisor to the 
                        President of Pakistan, HRC plans to dispatch a group of 
                        experts to Pakistan in March for providing technical consultation 
                        on SHP. (2009-02-25) 
                      
                      
                      