The Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Ishaq Dar was invited as the chief guest at the “Handing-Over of F-9 Park Solar Lighting Project” in Islamabad on Thursday. The Ambassador of People’s Republic of China, Sun Weidong and the Mayor of Islamabad and Chairman CDA AnSer Aziz were also present at the ceremony.
On the occasion of the minister congratulated the citizens of Islamabad, Chinese government and chairman of CDA on completion of the solar power project in Fatima Jinnah Park in F-9 sector.
He thanked the Chinese Government for grant assistance of $ 4.8 million for establishing the project which has an installed capacity of 0.85 MW. The minister also appreciated the efforts of the CDA for the timely completion of the project.
The finance minister also said that projects like CPEC which have $34 billion for energy projects and another $6 billion for the development of Gwadar Port are an excellent example of the friendship between Pakistan and China. The current project is yet another example of the good relations both the countries have for decades. The Minister also said that the Government of PML-N has a form resolve to end load shedding by the end of year 2017, to fulfill this ambition, the government has been actively working on projects that will contribute almost 27000MW in the National Grid in the years to come.
Dar also urged the CDA to work hard on improving civic facilities for the citizens of Islamabad.
