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Standing Committee on Water and Power Urged to Minimize the Load Shedding in Upcoming Summer Season

Wednesday, 3rd May, 2017

The Standing Committee on Water and Power directed the Ministry to make all out efforts to maximize the power generation and properly manage the load to overcome the load shedding in upcoming summer season. The Standing Committee on Water and Power met today in Parliament House under the Chairmanship of Mr. Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari, MNA.

The Members of the Committee raised the issues of un-scheduled load shedding and outdated infrastructure throughout the country especially in their respective constituencies. In order to resolve the issues, the Committee appointed a Sub-Committee to be headed by Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, MNA to look into the issues of electricity in the DISCOs of Sindh and water related issues with IRSA Sindh and will submit its recommendations to the main Committee. The Committee also adopted the report of the Sub-Committee formed to resolve the issue of electricity in PESCO.  

Earlier, Mr. Yousuf Naseem Khokhar, Secretary, Ministry of Water and Power briefly apprised the Committee about the different projects of electricity which was initiated to overcome the shortfall of the electricity.

MNAs, Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwaar Chaudhary, Malik Ihtehar Khan, Lt. Col. (Retd.) Ghulam Rasul Sahi, Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar, Rana Afzaal Hussain, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Pir Muhammad Aslam Bodla, Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Malik Ghulam Rabbani Khar, Mr. Junaid Akbar, Mr. Salim Rehman, Syed Waseem Hussain, Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah, Mr. Abdul Qahar Wadan, Dr. Syed Ghazi Gulab Jamal and Sahibzada Muhammad Yaquband attended the meeting, besides officials of the Ministry.