Resolving energy crisis by 2018 top priority, says Nawaz
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SHEIKHUPURA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that he never promised to steer the country out of the severe energy crisis six months after assuming power but vowed the get rid of energy issues during his five year term.
The premier was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of LNG powered Bhikki Power Plant in Sheikhupura district of Punjab.
The premier claimed that he and his team are working day and night to overcome the energy shortage which has made life difficult for the business community and the populace of the country.
"NEPRA had approved Rs95 billion for the project while the project was built in Rs55 billion", claimed the PM and added that his government is working not only to raise overall power production but also reduce cost.
He added that with cost reduction, the government can directly benefit commercial and domestic power consumers of the country.
In an apparent jab at political rival, PTI's Imran Khan, the PM remarked that one cannot produce power by burning electricity bills on a container but has to build power projects.
The premier reiterated that his 'hard working' team is making all efforts to overcome the energy shortage by 2018.
The prime minister was accompanied by Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The power plant will be commissioned jointly by Harben Electric International of China and American General Electric at a cost of 55 billion rupees.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:25pm
I heard it was just 6 months, now its 8 years?
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Oct 09, 2015 07:25pm
But his brother and many PMLN top members did. Mr Sharif even promised High Speed trains on the model of ICE Germany and TGV France during his election campaign , but alas he forgot that promise as well.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:27pm
''Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that he never promised to steer the country out of the severe energy crisis six months after assuming power but vowed the get rid of energy issues during his five year term.''
Yes yes, we know what you mean. You need another 2 terms for yourself and then the next 3 for your children to govern the Pakistanis.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:29pm
Just watch people will still believe in him. After 8 years its going to be another 8 years. This cycle never ends.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:31pm
It is impossible to end loadshedding by 2018 even if we add 30000 megawatt in national grid because our transmission lines are not capable of handling such power. This govt wasted their time and public money on metros and orange line but didn't focus on transmission lines. Don't fool us Mr. PM, you can only fool illiterate people by your false claims.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:32pm
Mr. premier striving for non indigenous and non renewable resources can never resolve energy crisis. harnessing hydel power plants, like Neelum-Jehlum hydel power station will prove to be fruitful for coming years.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:35pm
I can challenge this statement even if the PM stays at the helm until 2118.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:36pm
Shabaz said 6 months Nawaz said 2 years then it was 2016 then 2017 now 2018...can you please make your mind up about which lie you will stick with..
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Oct 09, 2015 07:47pm
Will it be another Nandipur...LNG is an expensive fuel to produce electricity. Burning one energy source to produce another is not that smart. Smaller Hydel power plants in Gilgit Baltistan and in KPK is the answer to it in the range of 100-300 MW's, and they are water reservoirs as well, Pakistan is turning into a water stressed country sooner.
The idea is to produce affordable cheap energy, not expensive energy which can still be produced if we run our IPP's to full capacity...but is not feasible.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:49pm
LNG powered plant...justifying the import of LNG with huge commission and corruption just unfolding.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:54pm
We must thank PTI and IK. Nawaz and Shabaz have spoken. Where are the Ministers for power / Energy/ Gas etc etc.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:56pm
Has anyone changed opinion about what IK said about our PM? Please raise your hand.
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Oct 09, 2015 07:56pm
Same promises again ! ! Can we believe them this time ?
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Oct 09, 2015 07:57pm
Keep fooling us over and over again. It works in Pakistan.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:01pm
A problem that has disrupted and crippled country economy is not going to solve in 6months or 6 years. It's going to take some time. Remember that, recovery need double the time of destruction. But one has to admit that this time Nawaz Govt has brought remarkable feat of improvements. while Khan continue to taunts his credibility and his work.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:15pm
he's good for nothing..
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Oct 09, 2015 08:16pm
The Prime Minister had stated in his first address to the nation after assuming power in 2013 that measures were being initiated to generate electricity from Coal with an aggregate capacity of 6600 MW at Gaddani‚ followed by establishment of plants at Thar, apart from Neelam hydro-power project to be completed by 2016.
Unfortunately, Coal power has not proceeded with expected success. Things have aggravated further due to failure of Nandipur Thermal Power Project and serious delays in Neelam Jhelum Project.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:17pm
Mr Prime Minister you have saying this since since years no one can trust you any more please do us a favor by completing the Nandipur project we don't want any promises from you and our cabinet
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Oct 09, 2015 08:18pm
Lies, lies, and more lies. Pakistanis are indeed the fools here.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:19pm
What? 2018 ... First the target date was 2015, then 2016, then 2017 and now 2018 ... Right, just keep bumping the year ... Easy.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:21pm
@Moeed Yusuf .. I bet he will come up with some patch up solution just before next election to justy his re-election. Crafty move by him!
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Oct 09, 2015 08:22pm
poor management Mr PM. you promised entire nation that you will resolve load-shedding issue in 2 years and yet we can see you cannot or will not do so in next 20 years... you are incapable for such a project or you deliberately put to use the same yard stick for next elections in 2018 ?..
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Oct 09, 2015 08:23pm
PMLn all the way
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Oct 09, 2015 08:27pm
Here go again. An false promise. Another promise to break.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:29pm
please keep up the good work, all of your efforts to solve the Pakistan's problems with limited resources are greatly appriciated
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Oct 09, 2015 08:37pm
@Bilal Ahmed Khan -Sorry to say that Nawaz is not fooling the public. His technical and bureaucratic advisers are fooling him
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Oct 09, 2015 08:37pm
Do you guys have election in early 2018 or 2017? As PM is suggesting he will solve power in 2018 as politicians always want to say they will solve issues just after election.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:38pm
Don't make us fool further!
Now you wanna play on this pitch(addressing energy crisis) with populace of Pakistan.
Is there any limit to do corruption ?
I don't know when will we get rid of corrupt leaders?
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Oct 09, 2015 08:43pm
Another NANDIPUR in the making. Pakistan can make Atom Bombs but it does not technicians to run NANDIPUR.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:44pm
PTI trolls in these comments are blind. They can't see even if there is 24- hrs power on.
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Oct 09, 2015 08:49pm
shame has no limit and neither does the gullibility of Nawaz league voters
they will accept this statement religiously and will one again accept the lies of Nawaz league when all such claims fall flat like the Nandipoor project
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Oct 09, 2015 09:08pm
@Manzoor What about clean drinking water which is missing in more than 50% of paris oh i mean Lahore?
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Oct 09, 2015 09:10pm
When people like Khawaja Asif and Abid Sher Ali are the power generation experts, , nothing can work on real principles. They have their own scientific theories and modern engineering is their house-maid. So what is there to fear?
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Oct 09, 2015 09:12pm
Man they really dont respect us....what a shame these parties are still day dreaming....My message to them WE DONT TRUST YOU ...
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Oct 09, 2015 09:13pm
How very convenient to make promises of govt term end.
100 MW solar Park producing 18 MW only.
200 nuclear bombs and only 3.6% energy produced by nuclear plants.
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Oct 09, 2015 09:43pm
It is possible to do it. Pakistan requires 100,000MW of electricity generation capacity & capability for a normal power generation & user country. And 200,000MW for turning into a developed country.
This will come will all the associated transmission line & other industries etc. At present with availability of electricity there is no chance that it can be managed in a better way. You can not manage what you don't have.
In early 21st century i.e. about 15 years ago China was producing lesser energy than India. Now in less than 15 years time it has surpassed USA as biggest electricity installed country in the world i.e. about 1,300,000MW capacity out if which about 500,000MW is only hydro.
This miracle can be done by Pakistan starting with hydro projects. With current level of construction technologies it us possible to construct hydro projects in 4 year period and thermal projects in 2 year period.
This can be done so Pakistan should get up & do.
Good luck.
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Oct 09, 2015 09:54pm
@Moeed Yusuf ... If Imran Khan was PM it would be six months.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:00pm
@Pakistan About IK, I have changed my opinion from good to worst leader.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:01pm
We dont trust nawaz.But we dont trust Imran khan also after you selected aleem khan.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:05pm
@Bilal Ahmed Khan .... If is probably not a question of doing the work, but getting the financing.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:09pm
@Muhammed Ali .... .. .. This is a job for SuperKhan.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:14pm
@N.Sid .... That must be the reason!
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Oct 09, 2015 10:19pm
How many nandipur that will constitute? Mr PM
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Oct 09, 2015 10:24pm
@M.Saeed .... The Ministry of Power did not have the power. They needed to do much more planning. They probably made mistakes under pressure. At least that is the best that can be said about them.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:26pm
@Engr. Hassan can you please name a few "remarkable achievements" to enlighten us ?
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Oct 09, 2015 10:35pm
@Yakub .... People believe what theywant to believe. The people of Pakistan are not the only ones living on promises. Instead of waiting for electricity 24/7 people should be putting solar panels on their roofs. Why wait for the government? Neighborhood committees could plan solar panels for blocks of flats, and people could have much more affordable electric power at cost.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:37pm
@Justice .... ... Patch up solutions are all Pakistan can expect for water, power and sewer.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:42pm
@Cyrus Tell me when our country is suffering from loadshedding why not first they settle down energy issues instead of spending billions of dollars on metro buses and orange lines? It depends on what are your main priorities but sorry to say that sharif's main priority is to build metros and orange lines. Our main issues are clean drinking water, education, better hospitals, employment. These are the main priorities in which sharif govt is performing very badly. If govt fulfills basic necessities of common people then nobody will criticize these expensive projects.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:45pm
@Asgher Ali .... Incompetent bureaucrats have to promise they can get the job done. Only some faked their qualifications, or uncles with connections got them their jobs.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:47pm
While agreed on all the false promises by PML-N this is also a very true statement that one cannot produce power by burning electricity bills on a container
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Oct 09, 2015 10:47pm
@Nizamuddin Ahmad Aali .... There would be solar panels on my roof.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:52pm
@Ash200 ... If the government is not taking care of us we have to take care of ourselves.
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Oct 09, 2015 10:58pm
2015, 2016, 2017 and now 2018...great way to manage expectations
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Oct 09, 2015 11:02pm
@Rashid Ishaq But one can push sharif govt to perform well by burning electricity bills. Do you know that when he burned those bills what punjab govt did with us? In my village a poor old man was awarded with 50000 bill on two fans and 3 energy savers with severe loadshedding and instead of correcting his bill they abuses him very badly. He and his family spent 3 to 4 months without electricity and a woman did suicide due to over billing somewhere in punjab.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:02pm
Begining of another Nandi Pur, with his (PM) 'hard working' team.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:08pm
@Irfan Baloch .... .. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
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Oct 09, 2015 11:09pm
One Question: Why not manage and produce 17,000MW and the load shedding would be down to about 2 hours when we have installed generating capacity of 23,000MW?
We don't have to bild new power plants!!!!!
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Oct 09, 2015 11:14pm
@Bilal Ahmed Khan ... It the case of safe drinking water in Lahore that should be taken care of by the peoples' elected representatives in Pakistan's parliament. They are right there in town to redress the peoples' complaints.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:26pm
@Khan Yes you're right, we have installed generation capacity of 23000 megawatt but the main problem is, transmission lines because our transmission lines are not capable of handling such power. Let's suppose, if they generate 20000 megawatt then there is a clear chance of sudden power breakdown in all over the country. Govt is not paying much attention towards transmission lines and with this speed of work it is impossible to end loadshedding even by 2020.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:32pm
Load shedding and electricity bills have broken all the records in Pakistan.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:36pm
@auginpk ... You are right. It would be a miracle. Modern China began as a totally communal system. Parents worked and the children (who are grandparents and great grandparents today) lived in schools and day care with dormitories where they slept and ate and studied together. They saw their mothers and fathers one or two days on the weekends. Whole groups of children grew up as brothers and sisters. Pakistan does not have that communal "can do" spirit. Ninety percent of China are Han Chinese. They have a proverb, "We are the same family". They get things done as a family. They trust each other. They work in harmony. They pay their personal debts.
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Oct 09, 2015 11:47pm
What about Nandipur ?.......80 billion down the drain ?
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Oct 09, 2015 11:53pm
6 months....no, then 2 years...no. Now by 2018...what abt after that, give you another turn? :)
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Oct 10, 2015 12:03am
In order to achieve the target of power generation it is mandatory to prepare long term development plans based on in-depth study consisting of technical, financial and economic viability thereby considering various options and alternatives of electricity generation through available resources which include hydropower, nuclear, wind, solar, oil, gas and coal.
LNG powered Bhikki Power Plant in Sheikhupura district has been launched as usual and setting aside better,economical and affordable identified hydropower resources worth 50000 m.w. and also without keeping in view the disastrous aftermath of existing thermal power plants worth thousands of m.w. which are not being operated on their available capacity due to shortfall of local and imported fuel. Reliability of interruption free supply of LNG from abroad is another question mark?
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Oct 10, 2015 12:12am
Even if NS was the most honest man in the world he still should never be PM for the simple reason he does not have the skills to be a leader. He cannot give interviews or answer difficult questions in a press conference that is a weak weak leader.
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Oct 10, 2015 12:33am
Another project like Nandni pur...they need those projects to loot the money.
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Oct 10, 2015 01:07am
@auginpk
Yes, the hydo power is the answer. In can be done because it is a totalitarian regime where as Pakistan is different and building a hydro in a democratic would be difficult because of concern of environmental, rehabilitation project effect persons, etc. Can Tarbela Dam at existing site be built today. I am sure all the environmentalist and other anti hydro lobbies would be against it. In India, Narabada Dam had problems with such lobbies
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Oct 10, 2015 01:13am
@Cyrus
No way sir,
It is a totalitarian govt. and whatever it says ...these people obey in fear and go along.
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Oct 10, 2015 01:47am
@Bilal Ahmed Khan And that's why they are keeping people illiterate in this country so that, they can fool them. They do not want to educate them and they do not want to spend on education as it will put an end to their politics.
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Oct 10, 2015 01:49am
Modi can help you can getting power supply till 2018. As Indian central government has surplus electricity because many state governments in India busy in developing indigenous power supply grid. Pakistan can use SAARC summit to decrease its power cut problems till 2018 . its will boost your economy which is suffering from power problems.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:19am
I heard it. Now please, waiting for the next promise.
Reminds me of an Indian movie, wherein the hero says, tareekh par tareekh par tareekh.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:28am
@Asgher Ali so why is the PM not holding his advisors accountable
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Oct 10, 2015 03:00am
Your brother said the same thing for 2014 .
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Oct 10, 2015 03:25am
Uptil now, the priority was Islamabad Metro.
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Oct 10, 2015 03:58am
if statements could solve energy crisis,Pakistan now would be producing enormous excess. Do not people get tired of these ridiculous assertions? You fool me once shame on you , fool me twice shame on me. I guess you like to be made a fool. Same old cast of characters in all parties.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:00am
@Yakub there are lies and there are damned lies. You know which category this belongs to.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:04am
Almost 3 years in power, Barray MianSahib forgets that Chotay MianSahib promised to end the load shedding in 6 months - Of course it was before election.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:09am
He is very much interested in civil nuclear technology. Pakistan is energy deficient country and earnestly requires energy for progress and development. Let's see what will be the outcome of his forthcoming visit to the US. Would he convince them to grant us NOC for import of civil nuclear technology? If he did then he can stay in his office for next term.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:12am
At what cost, will it go well common men's budget.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:14am
Sure, first it was 2013, then 2016 and latter it was 2017 and now it's 2018.
Do you even know that, even today, Pakistan has enough production capacity to meet its demand then what the hell man.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:23am
There used to be a "superman" in Lahore who used to put a tent near Minar-e-Pakistan few years ago. His slogan was energy crisis would be solved in 6 months if he the "superman" and his elder brother "batman" elected to power.
Well, since these two moved into power corridors, Superman has ruined the Nadipur power project and Batman now saying power crisis will be over by 2018. Pakistani nation deserve better leadership than superman and batman.
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Oct 10, 2015 06:05am
If you call your corrupt as hard working team then only God can help you. For once in your life tell the real truth.
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Oct 10, 2015 06:42am
@Engr. Hassan agreed these stupid people think energy is created over night you need to build infrastructure, powerstatuins this government has done more in two years than previous government has done in 15 years
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Oct 10, 2015 06:46am
Why they punishing everyone, right uptil the next election. If you can do it do it now. There should have been some improvement in two years.
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Oct 10, 2015 06:55am
Even a broken watch shows the right time twice a day. Eventually if we wait long enough one of his promises will come true. Persevere my compatriots!
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Oct 10, 2015 07:04am
only another sharif can solve problems related to energy crises and all in pakistan. :)
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Oct 10, 2015 07:05am
The PM is doing what he can. There is no magic bullet. For those that are criticizing him remember that the PPP did nothing for 5 years and let the situation spiral out of control.
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