ISLAMABAD, Jul 1 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday vowed to overcome the crisis of power generation in the country by restoring the halted projects.<\/p>\n
Chairing a meeting to review measures to end power outages, he said ending loadshedding was the responsibility of the coalition government despite the inherited baggage of crisis from the previous government.<\/p>\n
PM Sharif said the government was focused on taking effective measures to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity to consumers.<\/p>\n
He said the government was cognizant of the problems faced by the people during high mercury levels, adding that every effort would be made to address the genuine challenges.<\/p>\n
He mentioned that to resolve the problem, the government banned the import of machinery for raw materials and avoided the purchase of expensive gas.<\/p>\n
The prime minister pointed out that the lack of maintenance of power plants during the tenure of the previous government resulted in power shortage.<\/p>\n
He said quashing the transparent and cheap deal with Qatar for the supply of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) at a 13 percent rate in a period of 15 years was big negligence on part of the previous government.<\/p>\n
Also, the prime minister said, despite commitment, the revolving account was not opened with China.<\/p>\n
He also regretted that during the last four years, the opportunity to buy cheap gas was deliberately missed.<\/p>\n
A power plant of 1250 megawatt in Haveli Bahadur Shah is closed due to apathy of the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, he added.<\/p>\n
He said the situation led to financial challenges and slowed down the pace of development in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Jul 1 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday vowed to overcome the crisis of power generation in the country by restoring the halted projects. Chairing a meeting to review measures to end power outages, he said ending loadshedding was the responsibility of the […]<\/p>\n
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