ISLAMABAD: The federal government has developed a plan to immediately convert all of its buildings to solar power by April 2023, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who described solarization as the "only option for survival." The goal is to drastically reduce the expensive fuel import bill, which is currently hovering around $27 billion.

The prime minister revealed additional information when speaking at a symposium on solarization, stating that the conversion of solar power should go quickly because April 2023 had been designated as the deadline for putting this plan into action.

The plan, according to the prime minister, would see an instant switch to solar energy by all federal government ministries, agencies, and authorities, as well as their provincial offshoots.


As the federal government "would not make additional expenditures" related to the solarization process, he claimed it would serve as an example for the provincial governments.

The prime minister also asked the relevant authorities and parties to achieve the deadline set and finish the necessary process by the end of April in 2019.

Consider implementing it as quickly as possible to be our political, social, national, and religious obligation, he suggested.

transparent method

The government would be able to produce 300 to 500 MW of inexpensive power with the help of these urgent initiatives, according to the prime minister, cutting down on the government's annual import expenditure of billions of dollars.

The prime minister gave his word that a third party would oversee transparent bidding throughout the entire process.

Additionally, he urged the provincial chief ministers to implement solar systems in their respective provinces in accordance with the federal government's launched pattern, and he pledged the center's full support.

It is the only possibility for our country's survival, he continued.

According to the prime minister, the first step in the process to generate 10,000 MW of solar energy in the nation will be a conversation between the federal government buildings.

According to him, developing nations like Pakistan had to bear the brunt of the economic hardships the nation was experiencing as a result of the country's spiralling gasoline and gas costs following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

He added that the protracted fighting had also increased the price of gas and worsened its availability as the supply to Europe was disrupted, saying that the $27 billion monthly fuel import bill was a huge burden for countries like Pakistan.