The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has lambasted the Punjab government on social media for sharing pictures of American power plants with the latter’s tweets about the recently inaugurated Sahiwal power plant.
The party’s official account tweeted:
The much touted Sahiwal Coal Power Plant publicised by @GovtOfPunjab just another eye wash!
— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 26, 2017
Its actually a pic of the Bowen Plant in U.S.A pic.twitter.com/Ig8vcAKBzP
The PTI maintained that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was trying to deceive the nation by using these pictures.
On May 24, the Punjab government had tweeted:
ATTN: 1320 MW Sahiwal Coal Power plant - the first mega project under CPEC will be inaugurated tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/661r4W5Wnd
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) May 24, 2017
The first plant of Sahiwal coal power plant will become functional from tomorrow - adding 660 MW electricity in the national grid. pic.twitter.com/353pRZ6EnR
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) May 24, 2017
The two pictures are in fact of American power plants taken in 2007 and 2009.
