Ahmed & Qazi

FIRST EVER TELECOM GREEN SUKUK

Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that it is acting as transaction legal counsel to the arrangers, guarantor, agents and sukuk-investors in Pakistan’s ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ๐ค, being issued by Infralectric (Private) Limited and guaranteed by InfraZamin Pakistan.

This groundbreaking sukuk is designed to finance the roll-out of low-carbon, hashtag#AI-enabled solar energy solutions for thousands of hashtag#telecom towers across the country.

Constituting the 3rd green sukuk of Pakistan, and the first green sukuk in the telecom sector, this will be a landmark achievement for green and hashtag#climate finance in the country.

Furthermore, this deal unlocks a scalable and sustainable financing model to modernize telecom towers with low-carbon, AI-enabled technologies, thereby pushing the envelope in the upgradation of Pakistan’s digital infrastructure, and the long-term decarbonization of the country.

Maheen Rahman, CEO of InfraZamin Pakistan: โ€œInfralectric are a prime candidate for the Sukuk market. We are keen to explore mechanisms to enable an Infralectric Green Sukuk, which would mark a pivotal step in unlocking sustainable finance for Pakistanโ€™s telecom sector”.

Bilal Qureshi, CEO of Infralectric: “Today is a historic moment for Pakistanโ€™s digital and energy future”.

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A&Q team representing the sukuk investors and agents is being led by Nazif Ahmed (Head – Corporate), and the team representing the guarantor is led by Altan Ahmed (Managing Associate), who are each assisted by separate groups of associates at the firm.