Crises of power: 'Country is being pushed into darkness under a conspiracy'

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has demanded that strict action should be taken against those involved in increasing the crises of power and pushing the province into darkness due to negligence and corruption in 900MW power projects in Punjab.
He said that criminal negligence has been demonstrated in the power projects of 450MW each in Nandipur and Chicho Ki Malian, which is a deep conspiracy against Punjab and Pakistan. He said that due to delay in these projects, most of the areas of Punjab remained in darkness and industries were closed and now the nation has to bear additional expenses of Rs 20 billion on these projects.
He requested the Prime Minister to take those persons to task causing delay in these projects and deterrent punishment should be awarded to the criminals of the nation and should be hanged upside down. He said that if action was not taken against these criminals of the nation, then he will be forced to raise voice at any forum against them. He was talking to mediamen on his return to Lahore from the meeting of Council of Common Interests, here on Saturday. Senior Advisor Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa was also present on the occasion.
Shahbaz Sharif said that the power project of 450MW in Nandipur had to be completed a year ago and the machinery of this project worth billions of rupees is lying in the godowns of Karachi on which heavy demurrage is being paid. He said that this project was being executed by Chinese company and it should have become operational in the beginning of this year but unfortunately it could not be made operational. The file of this project remained pending in the ministry of law Islamabad for the last about two years and the desired letter could not be issued by the finance ministry due to bribe.
The same situation is of the 450MW project of Chicho Ki Malian. This project had to be completed next year but this project has also been delayed for further two years due to criminal negligence. He said that these projects remained pending due to the hurdles created by law department and had these projects been completed within stipulated time, the Punjab province would have got substantial relief from loadshedding. He said that Punjab was made a target through delaying these projects due to which factories were closed and irreparable loss was caused to exports.
He further said that not only huge loss was caused to the industrial and agriculture sectors due to the delay in these projects but lakhs of people were also deprived of their livelihood. From whom people of Punjab should take account of this economic murder, he questioned. Investors and industrialists are transferring their capital and the country is being pushed into darkness under a conspiracy and this is a heinous crime. He said that the nation is in need of every watt of electricity whereas plundering and corruption is rampant in the country.
He said that a conspiracy has been hatched against agriculture, industry, 18 crore people of Pakistan, 10 crore people of Punjab due to criminal negligence in the power projects of Nandipur and Chicho Ki Malian. The Chief Minister said that he always invited the attention of the Prime Minister to these projects and we succeeded in getting the approval of these projects in today's meeting of Counsel of Common Interests. He said that the country would have to bear the additional expenses of billions of rupees due to delay in these projects and it is impossible to pay the cost of negative impacts caused to the economy of the country.
He said to whom the nation would ask for the loss of billions of rupees and this criminal negligence. He demanded strict action against those who caused this loss to the nation and the country as such persons are criminals of the nation and they should be hanged upside down who are trying to ruin the country. He said that if action was not taken against these criminals of the nation, we will raise voice at every forum and expose them and recover the looted money of the nation from them.