Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities that Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Project (QASPP) should be completed by April 2016, to enable the country to meet energy shortage at the earliest. PM Nawaz Sharif expressed views while chairing a meeting held here on Saturday to review progress of the 900MW solar power generation project, which is prioritized under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Representatives of Zonergy, the Chinese company working on QASPP, MD NTDC and officials from Punjab government participated in the meeting.
The Prime Minister was briefed that 50MW of the project would be completed by August 14, while a total of 300MW will be operationalised by December 31. Zonergy had earlier committed to complete the project by September 2016 but now, under the directions of the Prime Minister, its representative assured that it would be completed by the first week of April 2016. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was also present at the meeting.