• “Your cabinet doesn’t do any work ,” says Hammad Azhar.
• He says panels were short for dollars were in sufficient.
• Shehbaz says steps are being taken to promote solar use

ISLAMABAD: Hammad Azhar, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader,  on Thursday said there had been a shortage of solar panels in the country as they had not been imported for several months because of lack of dollars.

“You probably don’t know this because your cabinet doesn’t do any work except for external trips,” Hammad Azhar tweeted in response to a tweet of the prime minister.

In a tweet, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had directed to speed up the process of installing solar energy projects in the country to generate clean and low-cost electricity and reduce dependence on expensive imported fuels.

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“Apart from the transfer of government buildings to solar energy, steps are being taken to promote its use at the private level as well,” he wrote.

Earlier, chairing a meeting in Islamabad regarding the promotion of solar energy in the country, Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed all departments concerned to speed up transparent bidding of solar power plants as solar energy was inevitable for improving the economy and reducing the import bill in terms of fuel.

The prime minister said necessary steps should be taken to promote the use of solar energy at the private level while maximum government buildings in the country should be converted to solar before the start of summer season.