PM Nawaz challenges 'conspirators' to fight face-to-face
PM Nawaz inaugurated the first unit of the 760 MW Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant
LAHORE (Dunya News/APP) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif challenged those who ‘conspire’ against him in a fiery address in the provincial capital. He claimed the political opponents are too weak to succeed against him as he secured public mandate. “People are aware of your activities in the last 47 years,” he said.
At the occasion of inauguration of Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant, he criticised the opposition parties, claiming that they had remained busy in conspiring against him either through rigging allegations or accountability demands. “They (political conspirators) hide behind JIT,” he stated while making it clear that the Panama case JIT activities were public.
‘Political crisis caused dollar price hike’
The prime minister referred to the situation of political ‘uncertainty’ and ‘instability’ and said it also hit the country’s stock market over the past few days and affected the value of rupee against US dollar.
He, however, added that as his government had a strong determination to move ahead and serve the people, and would not be deterred by the hue and cry being made by our political opponents.
More projects to come
The prime minister said even on July 10, the day when the JIT would present its report, he would perform the ground-breaking of a mega Dasu Hydropower Project, having a capacity of generating 4,500 mega-watts of electricity.
Similarly, he said, Diamer Bhasha Dam was also in the preparation phase, and after completion, it would not only generate 4,500 mega-watts of electricity but would serve as a huge water reservoir to irrigate our agricultural lands.
Speaking about Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant, the prime minister said the project was completed in historic 21 months time, adding, a new trend had been created in the country where mega projects were being completed in shortest possible time.
He said with dozens of power projects launched by the present government, it had succeeded in adding 7,000 MW of electricity to the national grid so far. The prime minister said it was not a normal thing that lights were coming back to the country and eliminating the darkness created due to the criminal negligence of past regimes including a dictator.
PM Nawaz claimed the country was prospering in his era with the elimination of darkness and functioning tubewells of farmers. He highlighted some of the achievements like 5.3pc GDP growth and 7000 megawatts electricity addition in national grid.
About 760 MW Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant
PM Nawaz inaugurated the first unit of the Haveli Bahadur Shah Power Plant, adding 760 MW of electricity to the national grid in a step forward towards ridding the country of loadshedding.
The environment friendly power plant has a capacity of 1,230 MW through a Combined Cycle Power Plant and would fueled by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The first unit had been made operational in a record period of only 21 months including completion of civil works, construction of switchyard, cooling towers, fuel storage tanks and installation of gas turbine and generators.
