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Shehbaz reviews progress on Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Programme

LAHORE, June 2 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on
Friday chaired a meeting to review different aspects of shifting of schools on solar energy under Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Programme.
The Chief Minister said that 20,000 schools would be provided solar
panels under this programme to be started from schools situated in southern Punjab.
He said that hundreds of thousands of students and teachers would
benefit from this programme and maintained that conversion of schools on solar energy was a unique project in the history of Pakistan.
Shehbaz Sharif hoped that provision of solar panels to schools, where
electricity was unavailable, would help improve educational environment there, asserting that provision of resources for educating the youth was a beneficial investment.
Chief Minister also directed the quarters concerned to complete survey
at the earliest and said that this programme should be extended with due diligence.
Provincial Minister for Schools Education Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan,
Advisor Dr. Umar Saif, Chairman Punjab Power Development Company Ch. Arif Saeed, Secretary Schools Education Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, German expert and other officials attended the meeting.