Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar said that the number of people consuming solar energy in the country had increased to 10 million.
Few days back it was reported that the number of households in Bangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark — the fastest expansion of solar use in the world.
In 2002, only 7000 households were using solar panels but now more than a million households or some five million people are using solar energy.
It is interesting that in electricity starved Bangladesh this solar power is making an effect as almost 60% of Bangladesh has no access to electricity. But in Pakistan, large numbers of people are using solar power as claimed by Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed but it seems that it is not making any huge impact.