Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday termed solarisation the “only option for survival”, adding that the center has planned to immediately convert all the federal government entities’ buildings to solar power by April 2023.

Addressing a solarisation conference, the premier proclaimed the development which took place in a bid to slash a huge chunk out of the costly fuel import bill hovering around $27 billion

Unveiling further details, PM Shehbaz said that the procedures for conversion of solar power should be fast-tracked as they had set April 2023 as the timeline for the employment of this plan.

According to the plan, he said, all the federal government ministries, departments, authorities, and their offshoots in the provinces would immediately shift to solar energy.

He said it would be a model for the provincial governments as the federal government would “not make additional expenditures” over the solarisation process.

The premier also urged all the relevant authorities and the stakeholders to complete the required process by the end of April next year and meet the timeline which had been set.

“Consider it our political, social, national, and religious duty to implement it as soon as possible,” he opined.