Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today chaired a meeting on power and
energy at Prime Minister’s office.The meeting was attended by Sardar Awais
Ahmed Khan Leghari, Minister for Power, Jam Kamal Khan, MOS for Petroleum,
secretaries of the concerned divisions, MD SNGPL, CEO Oil Companies Advisory
Council, CEO Attock Refinery Limited and senior officials.
The Prime
Minister was briefed about current power demand and supply situation in the
country.
It was reiterated
during the meeting that sufficient power and generation capacity was available
in the system to meet current as well as projected demand for the coming
months. The Prime Minister was informed that power outage in some parts of the
country during the last three was not due to any shortage of power but due to
technical issues in the distribution system.
The Prime
Minister directed for greater coordination among the officials of concerned
departments so as to overcome issues related to power distribution.
The Prime
Minister further directed all DISCOs to maintain and upgrade their distribution
networks so that increase in production capacity in the sector is translated
into uninterrupted power supply and convenience of the public.