Owing to the keen interest and efforts of Governor Balochistan, Malik Abdul Wali Khan Kakar, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), has released funds for one-megawatt solar project of University of Turbat (UoT). Kakar raised the matter of UoT solarisation project with the Chairman of HEC Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed in Islamabad last month. During the meeting, Governor Balochistan requested the Chairman HEC to release funds for the solar project of UoT at the earliest. The HEC has recently released the funds for the first phase of the solar project, which will have an output capacity of 500 kilowatts of renewable energy. According to Dr Kamal Ahmed, Project Director of UoT, the work on the first phase of the solarisation project will be started within two weeks.

Source: The Express Tribune May 18, 2023 11:24 UTC