Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting on the ongoing announced and unannounced power outages and directed authorities to end load-shedding across the country by the 1st of May.
Prime Minister @CMShehbaz has directed to completely end load-shedding in country by May 1@PakPMO https://t.co/Aa7aszq4WX pic.twitter.com/2Rq1PoOaBq
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) April 26, 2022
During the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to evolve a sustained and smooth mechanism of fuel supply in the summer season to alter the power crises that have recently engulfed the country.
“People cannot be put into trouble due to load shedding in the summer season,” PM Shehbaz said.
Regarding the loss-making power distribution companies, Prime Minister sought a long term effective plan that would be effective in ending the losses.
Following the complaints of artificial shortage of diesel being created during the harvesting season, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took serious notice of the matter and directed to identify those involved in the collusion, so that action could be taken against them.
He directed the authorities concerned to ensure an uninterrupted supply of diesel to the farmers to operate the agriculture-related machinery.
“District administration in rural areas should make sure that the farmers do not face any difficulty in getting diesel,” the PM directed.
The meeting was informed that out of twenty-seven powerhouses shut over the last more than one year, twenty powerhouses had been made functional. Resultantly, power generation has increased, which can be helpful to end load-shedding.
