KARACHI: Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has visited Port Qasim to review work on various developmental projects.
The Port Qasim Authority chief briefed the Prime Minister on performance, achievements and ongoing development projects.
He said eight terminals are operational at the port and the LNG terminal has been completed in a record time of 11 months. The LNG imported at Port Qasim is degasified and transmitted to required destination by pipelines.
He said 250 industries are working in the Industrial Zone set up at the Port Qasim, which is the busiest and most earning port of the country.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has directed to make Bin Qasim Power project operational providing electricity to national grid by 31 December 2017.
He stated this while inspecting progress at 1,320 megawatt coal-based power project at Port Qasim in Karachi this afternoon.
The Prime Minister had himself laid foundation of the project, to be completed at a cost of 1.5 billion dollars.
It is the first power project being set up under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Federal Ministers Khawaja Asif, Ishaq Dar, and Khurram Dastgir and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan accompanied the Prime Minister.
Giving briefing to the Prime Minister, Chinese experts said they are making efforts to complete this project in August 2017.
