PM orders speedy completion of energy projects
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday issued directives for speedy completion of solar and wind energy projects. While chairing a meeting on renewable energy, he said it was the government’s main priority to encourage the production of electricity through solar and wind energy sources. The renewable sources would produce low-cost and environment-friendly electricity, he added. PM Sharif pointed out that the last (PTI’s) government did not complete the solar and wind energy projects started by the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The 220 million people of Pakistan suffered due to “criminal negligence” and “incompetency” of the last government, he added. The premier said work on solar power projects of 10,000 megawatts was continuing at a fast pace. He asked relevant institutions to immediately prepare a strategy for benefiting from the available solar and wind resources.