Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to act against the “despicable” practice known as honor killing after viewing an Oscar-nominated documentary about the issue.
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Separately, Premier Nawaz called on President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday and discussed overall situation in the country, including progress on the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other energy projects. The solar-power plant will help the Parliament House tosave around?Rs12 million in electricity bills? every year in which the power demand at the legislative house rises to 2.3MW in summers due to the additional load of air conditioners and other cooling equipment.
In May 2015, the country also inaugurated its first solar power plant in the province of Punjab, which was also built with Chinese investments. He said he was personally monitoring power projects, some of which would be completed this year while the remaining would be completed the next year. “This project is another good example of Pakistan-China friendship”, Sharif said. Chinese ambassador to Pakistan was also present during the ceremony. He said 62 MW will be sufficient for parliament while 18 MW will be given to national grid.
Energy-starved Pakistan’s parliament has become the world’s first solarpowered legislative body.
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Several parliaments in the world are partially run on solar energy, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the houses of parliament in Canberra, Australia, and Israel’s Knesset, which has one of the largest solar panels in the world.
