LAHORE: The head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif departed for China on Monday on a five-day visit described as “low-key.” The ruling party declined to provide information about the purpose of his travel.
Attaullah Tarar, the minister of information, and Marriyum Aurangzeb, the spokeswoman for the PML-N, declined to confirm the older Sharif’s “unannounced visit” to Beijing.
“About Nawaz Sharif’s visit to China, I don’t know,” Mr. Tarar said to Dawn. Dawn was informed by a PML-N minister that the older Sharif had really departed for China for a “private visit.”
According to media sources, the visit is of a “personal nature,” and he will meet with some Chinese firms for development projects in Punjab, where his daughter Maryam Nawaz is the chief minister, and have a “medical check-up.” Ishaq Dar, the foreign minister, is accompanied by Junaid Safdar, Maryam’s son.
CM Maryam orders the Punjab government to supply 50,000 homes with solar power systems.
The older Sharif’s visit’s goal was not discussed with the party leadership, a source close to the Sharif family informed Dawn. The party and the PML-N administration are unaware of [Nawaz Sharif’s] itinerary for his journey to China. He remarked, “Perhaps some of the elder Sharif’s closest friends would be aware of the precise purpose of his visit.
According to the insider, there was conjecture within the party circles regarding the possibility that the senior Sharif had a “special assignment” in China that his younger brother, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was unable to fulfill.
Nawaz Sharif has never before traveled to China for medical treatment, opting instead to go to London, where he has had numerous operations. He was there most recently, from 2019 until 2023.
solar energy
The Punjab government is going to give each of the province’s 50,000 households a 1kV solar power installation.
Here on Monday, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz chaired a meeting titled “Light without Electricity Bill, Roshan Punjab Programme” to receive a technical briefing on 1 kV solar electricity for residential consumers.
The province government’s Roshan Punjab Programme seeks to give the underprivileged free power.
The chief minister approved the distribution of 1 kV solar power systems to 50,000 families in Punjab and gave the go-ahead to launch the pilot project right now. “In the first phase of the program, protected consumers who use up to 100 units of electricity will be eligible.” Customers will receive two solar panels, a battery, an inverter, and wires with a 1kV system.
The lithium iron battery has a charging backup capacity of up to 16 hours.
The chief minister gave the concerned officials instructions to build the newest model of solar system.
female-only police station
At the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), the chief minister opened the first virtual women’s police station on Monday.
“Women will receive guidance from the Virtual Women Police Station throughout the entire criminal justice process, from filing the first complaint to the investigation and trial.
“There are several ways for women to get in touch with the police: the Punjab Police App, the Safe City web portal, the Women Safety App’s live chat feature, and 15 Call.”
