Loadshedding has continued unabated in many parts of the country, even during Sehri and Iftar hours, two periods which senior officials had vowed would be spared. The uninhibited continuation of this practice, despite an increased 14,000 megawatts (MW) power generation in the country, has left even the Prime Minister bewildered.
Ashraf said as much in a high level meeting of the Energy Committee at the PM House as he demanded answers from the current Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain and Minister for Information & Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira as well as Secretaries of relevant ministries.
Accompanied by all the participants of the meeting, the Prime Minister paid a surprise visit to the NPCC to ascertain the status of power generation and distribution.
During the visit, the prime minister directed the management to remove the flaws in the distribution system and make sure that the people face minimum loadshedding. He reiterated directives that there should be no loadshedding during 'Iftar and Sehar' times.
Ashraf also summoned a meeting of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association and the CEOs of DESCOs tomorrow, aiming take them into confidence on implementing his Ramazan minimum loadshedding plan.
The Prime Minister once again directed the Minister for Petroleum to ensure power generators had an uninterrupted and sufficient oil and gas supply.
The Finance Minister said that his Ministry would continue to extend full financial support to the power sector in order to minimise the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in the country.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Ashraf also had a meeting today to discuss the prevailing energy crisis in the country.
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@Ahmad: Dear brother you have to write these words We are thankful and grateful to you PPP's leaders that you are running Pakistan in 21st century in the lantern's light and in the stone age where there was no any electricity........
How about all the government organizations including the PM secetariat, the presidency and the foreign office pay back the billions of rupees they owe in electricity bills first huh? I bet load shedding would disappear pretty fast then!
Where is mr mirza, the most vocal ppp jiyala ? He can only bash the judiciary, but where poor people problems concerned, his throat just chokes....I bet he has no answer, similarly, he n the like will hv no answer to Allah swt in extending wrong support to wrong people.....
@123: This topi drama will continue forever
Raja Sahib this new game of passing the pillow from one ministry to another is not gonna work for a long time after your rental power thefts and other claims. Please use your brain for the first time to solve this issue.
Dear PPP leaders: Thank you for pushing us into dark ages..
If only you had done your job honestly when you were Minister for Power you would not have to see this day.
If you could only stop the power stealing and get payment of used power it will be real achievement. Get power share of Punjab back to Punjab.
What a joke.. Why he was not seeking answers when he was a minister???
What a "topi drama".. Raja sahab don't you know already the problems? Weren't you supposedly trying to solve them some months ago?