Minister says power installations were attacked thrice in past ten days by terrorists. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Development Khawaja Asif said power supply will be restored across Pakistan by Monday evening, Express News reported.
Addressing the media in Islamabad, Asif said the government would not delay the supply of furnace oil to meet electricity demands.
Speaking about the power breakdown in the country, the minister said the power installations were attacked thrice in the past ten days by the terrorists.
RELATED POST: Failure of grid: What caused the nationwide blackout?He added the government is constantly making efforts to end load-shedding in the industrial sector.
Meanwhile, the residents of Tank also staged protests against load-shedding in the city. Schools were also closed due to the massive protest being held.
PM seeks report
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed Ministry of Water and Power to present him a report on the technical aspect of the power failure within 48 hours.
PM Nawaz on Monday chaired a meeting related to the power situation at the PM’s House, which was attended by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and federal minister for water and power.
Asif briefed the premier about the factors that caused the massive breakdown and updated him on the current power supply situation in the country.
He said the state-of-affairs are gradually improving and soon the system would be brought back to normal.
"A comprehensive system should be put in place to prevent such happenings in the future," he added.
PM Nawaz, during the meeting, also directed the law enforcement agencies to ensure security of high transmission lines.
Further, the officials of the ministry of water and power along with the secretary of the ministry will soon hold a consultative meeting on January 27, 2014 to begin consultations and bring an improvement in the transmission network.
The experts in the electricity transmission and distribution system will also share their proposals on bringing an improvement in the present network.
The Ministry has also planned to invest in the national transmission system.
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@minister which evening?
This govt literally has taken Pakistan back to the dark ages!
two days and still not restored. Doesnt the honorable minister feel a tad ashamed?
It is no coincidence that the power failure occurred as soon as Obama was about to begin Indian tour and it will end as soon as the Independence Day parade in which Obama is chief guest and most of his engagements on the tour will be over. The spy boots had it all planned so that most of pakis do not get frustrated by watching the extensive media coverage of the events here in those 2-3 days. Ministers are left to fool around by these state think tank planners. Have fun......
@Adnan Siddiqi: Yes, it's very important to have the right qualified person for the job. But no point shuffling them about or replacing them with more "friends and family". Hope PM listens and learns. PMLN's claim of having the most experienced team is lying in tatters.
PML-N , you are that rare political party which doesnt need an opposition in the parliament to bring you down. You trigger that in-built self destruction mechanism whenever you are in power. The end is nigh...yet again!
Mr. Nawaz New Statement will be, "who ever responsible for the current crisis will be terminated from there respective post". The result will be no action against the culprit as usual. LOL :)
It's time that all such non-performing Ministers are given a boot. Their sheer incompetence is weighing down heavily on the government and the position of these ministers to remain ministers is untenable now.
What rubbish. This man, the establishment, the government, the elite, the media are all neck deep in corruption and looting the country.
@Parvez: " Can what this man says, be trusted ?" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Asif is a man full of conviction!
Stop supporting these terrorists Khwaja so that you can take them to task for this.
Can what this man says, be trusted ?