Ambassador of Germany Dr Cyrill Nunn called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Friday and discussed matters of mutual interest, bilateral relations and promotion of co-operation in energy and other sectors. Talking to the German Ambassador, the CM said there were deep-rooted friendly relations between Pakistan and Germany and Germany was big trade partner of Pakistan. He said Muslim League-N government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was making sincere efforts for resolving energy crisis and it had been decided to set up three big projects for generation of 3,600 megawatt electricity in Punjab with gas.
He said the federal government would set up two projects of 2,400 megawatt while Punjab government would establish a project of 1,200 megawatt. He said the work would be carried out speedily and transparently on those projects like other projects executed by the provincial government, adding those gas-based projects would start power generation by 2017.
Shahbaz Sharif said sincere efforts for generation of electricity being made during the tenure of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif were unprecedented in the history of Pakistan.
The CM invited German companies to collaborate in gas-based power generation projects and said that co-operation of German companies would be welcomed. German Ambassador Dr Cyrill Nunn while speaking on the occasion said Germany wanted to further promote its relations with Pakistan and a large business delegation of Germany would visit Pakistan next month.
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