China abandoned hydel projects over kickback demands: Shahbaz

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif regretted on Tuesday that the hydel-power plants of Nandipur and Chicho Ki Malian, which if completed could have produced 900MW electricity, were sacrificed at the altar of commission and kickbacks.The chief minister explained that Chinese contractors had abandoned the projects owing to the tactics of a minister who had stalled the projects for one and a half years simply because he had not been paid a commission.The chief minister added that the Chin... more

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