Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah has said that initiating power projects in this part of the region, would help resolve energy crisis in the country. Talking to Pakistan Television, he said that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is the region where various power projects could help resolve the issues of shortfall of electricity in the country.
He said that President Asif Ali Zardari had asked the concerned staff to pursue the Chinese companies for investing in the power sectors. Syed Mehdi Shah said that credit goes to the leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) who have initiated a big power project to produce electricity for meeting growing demand of the people of the country. He said: "This is the third largest project in the country after Tarbela and Mangla which would be completed in near future."