Chinese companies showcase at Pakistani Solar, Electric exhibitions

Lahore: Pakistan’s largest 12th International Solar Pakistan Exhibition and 5th Electric City Pakistan Exhibition concluded here at Expo Centre showcasing Chinese and other countries’ companies.

Chief Executive Officer of Fact Exhibitions and Chief Organizer of Solar Pakistan Exhibition, Salim Khan Tanoli, said that apart from Pakistan, more than 120 companies from ten countries including China, France and Japan had set up their stalls and introduced the latest technology to the participants. He informed that more than 12,000 people participated in the exhibition.

The three-day event was organized by FACT Exhibitions. On this occasion, caretaker Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce S M Tanveer inaugurated the PV Plus Journal of the Solar Industry.

The Provincial Minister maintained that the with promotion of solar energy, the country’s oil import bill would not only reduce substantially but also reduce the industrial production cost, thus making Pakistani exportable products more competitive in the global market.

He added that the country could no more afford the costly electricity generated through imported furnace oil.

He underlined that solar energy was environment friendly and inexpensive source that could help overcome the energy crisis as well as financial constraints.

The organisers mentioned that the visitors took keen interest in the Chinese companies stalls as China was actively involved in solarising Pakistan.