The Punjab government has decided to establish a new gas power plant of 1200-megawatt capacity to meet future energy needs. A high-level meeting was held here on Saturday with Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in the chair. During the meeting, various matters pertaining to the new gas project of 1200-megawatt came under discussion. German experts assured to provide technical cooperation for new gas power project.
Speaking on the occasion, Shehbaz Sharif said that this energy project has been devised keeping in view emerging energy challenges and requirements of the country. Expressing satisfaction that numerous energy projects have been completed in a record period of time while other projects are being carried out at great pace, Shehbaz said that load shedding has sufficiently decreased due to completion of energy projects and a new history of hard work, honesty and struggle has been written with regard to work on the energy projects.