Punjab Assembly Member Khurram Jehangir Wattoo has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the cancellation of the contract awarded to a Chinese company for the 900MW Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park Project in Bahawalpur.
According to the petition, Wattoo claimed that the Punjab government had awarded the contract to Chinese company Zoenergy in violation of PAPRA rules.
Talking to reporters after filing the petition, Wattoo said that the Chinese company was a telecommunication company and had no expertise in power generation sector.
He said that nowhere in the world such a joint solar project of 900MW was installed due to its cost-effectiveness and also as the technology was still at the early stages of development, which required more research to make it feasible and affordable for the end consumers.