Amid a growing energy crisis, Pakistan is installing a 1.8 megawatt solar power plant at the Parliament House building in the capital city Islamabad.Chinese-funded these solar panels will save $1m in annual energy bills.Work on the project began in the first week of January. The initial cost - which is being funded by the Chinese government as a friendship gesture - is estimated at $60m (£36.5). The solar plant is projected to save almost $1m each year in utility bills for the parliament complex.Beijing has formally approved the funding for the parliamentary solar plant. Although Pakistan has no plans to introduce solar power on a large scale, China recently helped Punjab province set up a solar park of over 10,000 acres (around 4,000 hectares) with potential to generate 1,000 MW.Parliament House, where both the National Assembly and Senate meet, was designed to be centrally air-conditioned. The consumption of electricity in the parliament even jumps over 2 MW in summers.Pakistan faces a year-round electricity shortfall which rises to about 7,000 MW in the summer months, leaving the majority of its citizens without continuous supplies for extended periods each day.

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