Govt Approves Decision To Generate Electricity From Solar.

The government has approved a decision to generate electricity from solar instead of expensive imported fuel to save valuable foreign exchange.

The approval was given at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday.

The Prime Minister directed to ensure early construction of solar power plants. He asked the relevant departments to initiate work on the project on emergency basis.

Shehbaz Sharif directed to hold a pre-bid conference for all stakeholders this week.

Under the project, ten thousand megawatt of power will be generated from solar.

In the first phase, solar electricity will be...