Multan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Punjab Energy Minister laid the foundation stone of a 500 kW solar energy project.

 Multan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Punjab Energy Minister Dr Akhtar Malik laid the foundation stone of a 500 kW solar energy project at the NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology

Multan. He was accompanied by Provincial Assembly members Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi, Saleem Labar and Javed Akhtar Ansari and Vice Chancellor Dr Malik Akhtar Ali Kalro. Addressing the function, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the government was launching solar energy projects to realize the dream of a clean and green Pakistan. He said that Google is working hard on alternative energy sources to reduce the risk of warming and plans to meet the needs of the nation by generating cheap electricity through hydro projects and construction of dams. Has gone talking on the occasion, Provincial Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik said that Punjab government has started shifting 29 universities to solar energy. Which is being worked on in stages. He said that 11,000 primary schools across the province would also be shifted to solar energy by the end of this financial year. Similarly, 2400 basic health centers in Punjab are being shifted to solar energy in phases. He said that there was a plan to supply energy through solar energy to major hospitals including 350 police stations, which would save crores of rupees annually in electricity bills. The Energy Minister said that in the past, Shahbaz Sharif, while caring for his relatives, rewarded his son-in-law in these schemes and caused financial loss to the national exchequer by committing financial corruption. Spending on welfare.