Nawaz says will take time to overcome power crisis

LAHORE: Expressing resolve to overcome power crisis in Pakistan, prime minister in-waiting Nawaz Sharif has warned against harboring any delusion that the new government would end loadshedding as soon as it takes charge.

Addressing a ceremony in connection with the Youm-e-Takbir, that marks the country’s nuclear explosions, Mr Sharif, however, said that he would work day in and day out to overcome power crisis, badly affecting the country’s economy and adding to the miseries of people.

“Don’t expect new government will come and resolve issue of loadshedding, we will cure the problem as well as pray to almighty to fix it,” Nawaz Sharif added.

The PML-N chief said that power plants might take three years time to operate. However, he said that he would not disappoint the people whether who voted him or not.

He said that his government would carry out “economic explosion within the next five years.