Chinese power investors meet CM

LAHORE: A delegation of Chinese investors associated with the energy sector met Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that there was a great scope of investment in the energy sector. He said that facilities were being provided on priority basis for investment in the sector. He said that energy projects were being executed speedily in the province. He said that the programme of producing electricity through coal, hydle, solar and other sources in the province was being forwarded. There were vast opportunities of generating energy through solar in the province, he added. He said that Punjab government had completed the solar project of 100 megawatt at Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park, Bahawalpur, from its own resources. He said that planning had also been made for further generating 900 megawatt electricity from solar. He said that planning had been made for setting up power stations for generating 1,000 megawatt electricity through LNG.