Standing Committee session: ‘If Veena was here, minister would have come’

Senator Mandokhel expresses displeasure over absence of minister and secretary of Water and Power Ministry.

ISLAMABAD: Senator Humayun Mandokhel expressed displeasure over the absence of the secretary and the minister for Water and Power in a session of Senate's Standing Committee on Water and Power on Monday, Express News reported.

“If Veena Malik was here, they would have been present,” he remarked.

During the session headed by Awami National Party (ANP) leader Zahid Khan, the additional secretary of Water and Power Ministry informed that the blackout across the country occurred due to fault in the national grid.

He added that power has been restored in all areas of the country except Sindh. The process of restoring electricity in Sindh is underway, he said.

On Sunday night, around 70% of the country plunged into darkness   as the technical faults in National Power Control Centre (NPCC) led to a blackout in all major urban centres including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad and Faisalabad.

Last year in January, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahidullah Khan had also called for Veena to be made a member of the Senate to ensure presence of all senators during the sessions.

He went as far as to suggest that Veena should be made the Deputy Chairman of the Senate.