Shahid Khakan Abbasi meets Shehbaz Sharif

Shahid Khakan Abbasi meets Shehbaz Sharif

LAHORE (APP): Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khakan Abbasi called on Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif here on Tuesday and exchanged views regarding energy projects.

Talking to the minister for petroleum, the chief Minister said that 3600 MW ongoing power projects going to be completed within a record 27 months, would eliminate load-shedding. The government, he said, had saved Rs 112 billion of nation from the ongoing projects under the transparency and check and balance

system.

The chief minister said after the completion of power projects, ample electricity would be available for various sectors including agriculture, health, education and livestock.

Shehbaz Sharif said that some political parties were perturbed over fast completion of ongoing power projects in the country. Infact, he said, fast completion of mega projects for development of people had been fallen on political rivals as lightning.