Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the K-3 power plant in Karachi that will generate 1,100-megawatt electricity.
The third unit of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) has been completed with Cooperation from China.
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While Addressing the Inauguration ceremony, Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan was gifted with enormous resources with the potential of producing 60,000 megawatts through hydel power and regretted that the power generation stood merely at 10,000 megawatts.
Premier Shehbaz said in view of the $27 billion fuel import bill, Pakistan required alternative and cheaper sources of energy including solar, wind, hydel and nuclear in order to fulfill its energy requirements.
He recalled that the project of KANUPP was finalized during the tenure of then prime minister Nawaz Sharif and expressed gratitude to the government of China for extending cooperation in this regard.
He mentioned that the electricity projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were greatly contributing to the country’s energy needs through the generation of thousands of megawatts.
Shehbaz Sharif said that Thar has been gifted with massive natural resources and that coal deposits will play a vital role in the prosperity of the region. After the Inauguration Ceremony Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif planted a tree.
Premier also congratulated the scientists and workers of Pakistan and China whose efforts led to the completion of the project.
