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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Saturday directed timely completion of different ongoing power
projects across the country and said that he would personally
monitor the progress on fortnightly basis.
He said that he would also perform on-site visits of every
power project to ensure their timely completion.
The Prime Minister was chairing a meeting on energy here at
the PM House.
He said the significant addition of power to the national grid
with the completion of ongoing projects would eliminate load
shedding in the country forever.
The Prime Minister said increased power generation would also
contribute towards economic growth through increased industrial
activity.
Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Minister for
Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja
Muhammad Asif and other senior officials also attended the meeting.
Secretary Water and Power briefed the meeting. He informed
that the year 2016 remained the most stable as well as the best
period for power generation in the last ten years.
The Prime Minister was briefed about the timeline of different
power projects to be completed between mid 2017 and March 2018.
The projects that would be completed between the given
timeline will include; conversion of Guddu Power(additional 400MW)
& Nandipur Power plants on gas (125MW), three LNG power plants
(2400MW) in Punjab, Sahiwal Coal Power Plant (1350MW), Port Qasim
Power Plant (1320 MW), two nuclear Power Plants (650 MW), Neelum
Jhelum (979 MW) and Tarbella 4 Extension (1500 MW).
The meeting was assured of active and available addition to
the national grid by March 2018.