Energy: Govt goes for revamping to end outages

President Zardari emphasises the need of stepping up exploration of indigenous energy resources.

ISLAMABAD: Officials have decided to revamp the power sector to end outages and address other issues. Addressing a meeting on Friday, President Asif Ali Zardari emphasised the need of stepping up exploration of indigenous energy resources and rationalising import of energy. The president and prime minister took serious notice of continued power and gas outages in the country and directed that no bureaucratic delays and bottlenecks should stand in the way of revamping the power sector. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that a committee will be set up to make recommendations for optimal usage of gas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 2^nd,  2011.