Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that work was speedily in progress on 3600 megawatts gas-based power project and a huge sum of Rs 112 billion of the nation had been saved through maintaining the highest standard of transparency in these projects.
He said that gas-based power projects would be completed by the end of 2017. He said that vigorous efforts had been made during the last two and a half years for execution of energy projects for overcoming shortage of electricity.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the economy had improved due to policies of the government, confidence of investors had increased and foreign exchange reserves are at the highest level in the history of the country.
Special Assistant to Prime and Chairman Board of Investment Pakistan Miftah Ismail was also present on the occasion.