Power generation: Plan to make AJK self-sufficient

Government is devising a plan to make Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) self-sufficient in hydel power generation

MIRPUR:
The government is devising a comprehensive plan to make Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) self-sufficient in hydel power generation, said AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed during a news conference on Friday. Majeed said the government has fulfilled its promise of establishing two medical colleges in Muzaffarabad and Mirpur and now the government is focusing on establishing a state-of-the-art university for women within the next two months to encourage higher education. “The government is answerable to the people and we intend to uphold their trust,” he said.


Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.