President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government was exploring "out of box" solutions to resolve energy crisis on the one hand, and attempting to tap renewable energy potentials, on the other, to generate more power.
In his message of the 5th anniversary of monthly Energy Update magazine, he said the proactive approach on Thar coal project has enabled the government to attract a couple of coal power generation projects, one of them under public-private partnership.
"The democratic government pays utmost importance to energy sector and, therefore, gives top priority to address the current energy crisis which is one of the problems inherited by the present leadership. We are committed to expand power generation in the country and attract investment in this sector to meet the growing demand for electricity, oil and gas", he added. The president felicitated the management of Energy Update on the 5th anniversary of its publication.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in his message, pointed out that the government was striving hard to overcome the energy shortage which is basically an outfall of the previous regime's wrong policies.