President, PM chair meeting on energy issues; power sector to be totally revamped
ISLAMABAD, April 1 (APP): At a high level meeting on energy issues held here in the Presidency on Friday, it was decided to revamp power sector totally with a view to ending loadshedding and addressing other issues of non-sustainability of power sector.The meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani was attended by Minister for Defense Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Minister for Privatization with additional charge of Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar, and the other senior officials concerned.Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar was also present during the meeting.
The President emphasized on the need to step up further exploration of indigenous energy resources and rationalization of import of energy.
The President and the Prime Minister took serious notice of continued power and gas loadshedding in the country and directed that no bureaucratic delays and bottlenecks be allowed to stand in the way of revamping the power sector.
Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that it was also decided to set up a committee comprising Minister for Religious Affairs and Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Shah,  Raja Pervaiz Ashraf MNA, Chairman APTMA (All Pakistan Textile Mills Association), MD Sui Northern Gas and businessman Anwer Saifullah Khan to make recommendations for the optimal usage of gas in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.