LAHORE, Pakistan: The State Minister for Power Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali on Wednesday said other political parties were afraid of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as it was popular among the masses due to its development-oriented policies.
While addressing the inaugural ceremony of 220-KV Grid Station costing Rs 1,966 million in Gujrat, the minister said PML-N was working hard to serve the people of the Country whereas former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself had monitored the development projects to ensure transparency and progress.
The minister said PML-N would win the general elections 2018 as it worked to serve the people by setting up a number of development projects to put the country on way to progress and prosperity.
Abid Sher Ali said the PML-N government had brought an investment of Rs 152 billion in the Country. He said the government completed the projects transparently to facilitate the people, and added no one could prove corruption of a single rupee in these electricity projects.
The state minister alleged there was huge corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa projects, and six ministers of the principal government were sacked on corruption charges.
In addition, Abid Sher Ali said the PML-N government would make Pakistan load-shedding free before the end of its constitutional tenure. He said people had to face load-shedding of 18 hours a day in 2013 but the situation had now completely changed.
The minister said the PML-N government had added 7,500 megawatt electricity in the system, and 660 megawatt electricity from Port Qasim would also be included till November 15. He said Nandipur power project would also supply 525 megawatt electricity under Combine Cycle to national grid station.
Abid Sher Ali said load-shedding had been ended in industries, adding 12,000 megawatt electricity would be added to the national grid till March next year.
The minister for power said the transmission system was also further updated to ensure uninterrupted supply of newly generated electricity in the Country.
The state minister said 90 percent work of Neelum-Jhelum transmission line had been completed. He said the project would add 250 megawatt electricity till March 2018 while more 965 megawatt electricity would be added to the national grid through the project till June 2018.
Likewise, he added the work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam had been initiated. He said Central Asia South Asia (CASA)-1000 agreement had been signed and the transmission work would soon be started.
