Korean investors in Pakistan’s hydropower sector have not remained inattentive to suffering of the Pakistani people from COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Korean companies including the consortium of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and LOTTE Engineering & Construction, and Korea Energy Asrit Kedam (KOAK) Power, handed over 10,000 pieces of made-in-Korea washable-and-reusable face masks to the KP government.
At the handing-over ceremony at the Korean Embassy in Islamabad on June 26th, 2020, Kwak Sung-kyu, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Pakistan, Himayatullah Khan, Advisor to Chief Minister for Energy, accompanied by Muhammad Zubair, Energy Secretary, Ahn Ho-young, Chief Representative of LOTTE Engineering & Construction Pakistan Branch Office, and Kim Kyung-sik, CEO of KOAK Power were present. Khan expressed his gratitude on behalf of the KP government for the good-will gesture of the Korean companies. Regarding it as appraisable beyond a simple act of corporate social responsibility, Ambassador Kwak highly appreciated the Korean investors’ initiative in support of the local community during this trying time.
