Pakistan's government and local administrators in Punjab are backing Quaid-e-Azam, the country's first utility-scale project, which aims to help tackle the nation's 6GW capacity deficit.

The project, near the town of Bahawalpur, has 26sq km of allocated land and a power transmission line.

The first phase is due to be connected to the grid this year, says Gerwin Dreesmann of German consultancy 8.2