Tremendous work done during last four years to end power crisis: CM

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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday said tremendous work had been done during the last four years under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to resolve the energy crisis and due to untiring efforts of the prime minister, energy crisis was about to an end from the country.

He stated this while addressing the gathering of senior PML-N workers and notables of the walled city.

The chief minister said as much as 36 billion dollars investment had been made in different energy projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), adding during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan in April 2015, different energy projects were signed. Out of these projects, some projects had been completed while rest of them were about to be completed soon.

"The promise which Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif made to the nation to end loadshedding in 2018 was about to be fulfilled," he said.

He said 3,600 megawatt gas-based electricity producing plants and 1,200 megawatt Bhikki power plant had been inaugurated while the gas power projects in Balloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah were nearing completion.

He said China had proved its friendship by investing 36 billion dollars in energy projects and observed that China was no doubt the most trusted friend of Pakistan. He added that Pakistani nation would never forget this great benefaction of China. He said the Chinese investment had helped to overcome the energy crisis.

The chief minister lamented that due to the sit-ins of 'U-turn Khan' ten precious months of the nation had been wasted; Chinese investors also left the country during the sit-ins and it was feared that recurrence of any such incident might hamper the CPEC projects which could derail the country because these conspiracies were remote-controlled.

Keeping this thing in view and according approval to his proposal, the prime minister decided to set up 3,600 megawatt gas power plants from their own resources and let it known that Shehbaz Sharif was correct.

Shehbaz Sharif said the prime minister approved his proposal of setting up energy projects from own resources and maintained that it was a gesture of his love to the nation as well as a symbol of political wisdom.

He said work on the 3,600 megawatt gas power plants was in progress day and night and the decision of the prime minister to set up electricity generation projects from own resources had been proved very beneficial.

He mentioned that loadshedding had sufficiently been decreased due to energy projects as many projects were going to be completed in the coming months. The prime minister had fulfilled his promise of overcoming the energy crisis made with the people.


Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2017

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