LAHORE: Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the government is making sincere efforts to free the people and country of energy crisis.
The Chief Minister stressed government’s sincerity towards the people in a meeting in the provincial capital.
Shahbaz said that thousands of Mega Watt (MW) power would be added to the national grid by the end on 2017. Several coal-based and solar powered projects are either in pipeline or on the floors in Punjab, he added.
The CM said that projects that would run on gas have been initiated in Jhang, Sheikhupura and Baloki. A coal-powered project is on way to a speedy construction in Sahiwal, he added. A total of 1,320 MW power would be produced through the Sahiwal project.
Shahbaz Sharif earlier was accompanied Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on visit to China to attend the 14th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference. While talking to Chinese media, Shahbaz said that cooperation between China and Pakistan in different sectors would help better the regional stability besides the obvious growth of Pakistan.
He had said that collaboration like China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) does not find any parallel in the world. The neighbours not only stand with each other but are investing to help bettering the sectors that need attention, he added.
