At a high level meeting at the Presidency Friday on energy issues, it was decided to revamp power sector totally with a view to ending load-shedding and addressing other issues of non-sustainability of power sector. The meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was attended by Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Federal Minister for Defence, Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Privatisation with additional charge of Water & Power, and other concerned senior officials.
Spokesperson to President, Farhatullah Babar was also present on the occasion. The President emphasised on the need to step up further exploration of indigenous energy resources and rationalisation of import of energy. The President and Prime Minister took serious notice of continued power and gas load-shedding in the country and directed that no bureaucratic delays and bottlenecks be allowed to stand in the way of revamping the power sector.
Farhatullah Babar said that it was also decided to set up a committee comprising Syed Khursheed Shah, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Labour and Manpower, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf MNA, Chairman Aptma, MD Sui Northern Gas and businessman Anwer Saifullah Khan to make recommendations for the optimal utilisation of gas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.-PR
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