DHAKA (Online) - Pakistan has offered to help Bangladesh with the latter's proposed first nuclear power reactor that was conceived when they were a single country, but never took off. Pakistan's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alamgir Babar said that his country was ready to share nuclear technology for civilian purposes to help tackle the massive energy crisis. Babar said Pakistan's offer was 'on the table' and it was for Bangladesh to decide whether the country wanted to discuss it, the Daily Star Newspaper reported Tuesday. Foreign Advisor Iftikhar A Chowdhury has already discussed nuclear energy cooperation with Russia and China after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently cleared Bangladesh to utilize nuclear power for civilian use. Russians showed willingness to help during Chowdhury's Moscow visit last month. He said talks over the matter could take place within the parameters of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) even though Pakistan is not a part of it. Bangladesh is a signatory to NPT. Bangladesh bid to strike a civilian nuclear technology accord has been rejected by the US, which has worked out a deal with India for the same. Pakistan's traditional military ally China has also not obliged, given the fact that it is governed by IAEA and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group. The project was conceived during the Ayub Khan era in 1961 to be located at Rooppur in northern Bangladesh's Pabna district. Several countries including the US, Britain, France and Canada had shown interest in the project when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. And after its independence, India too seemed keen. But the project, however, did not materialise. Bangladesh has revived the idea of the project in the last two years since India and the US got into talks over a nuclear deal, realising the need for meeting its growing energy needs.