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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday laid the foundation stone of two coal-based power plants in Sahiwal, a private news channel reported.
PM Sharif was accompanied by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Water and Power Minister Abid Sher Ali.
The two power plants, built with the cooperation of China, will be built by 2016 and are expected to generate 1320 megawatt electricity collectively, once functional.
Addressing the ceremony, PM Sharif said Pakistan inherited several challenges, including energy crisis, but the government is working diligently to overcome the challenges.
He said that the motorway planned to be built from Karachi to Lahore will also benefit Sahiwal and its people.
He added that additional 21,000MW of electricity will be generated that in the next ten years.
The PM also expressed his desire to develop Gwadar at the same level of Dubai and Singapore.
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