Categories: Pakistan

PM for priority reforms in power sector

ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday stressed to bring reforms into the power sector on priority basis.
The prime minister stated this in a meeting with Federal Minister for Power Division Khurram Dastgir.
PM Sharif directed the repair and uplift of the defunct power plants at the earliest in view of uninterrupted supply of electricity across the country.
Khurram Dastgir briefed the prime minister on the proposed reforms for the power sector.
He also updated PM Shehbaz on the progress being made regarding his order to end power load-shedding from May 1.
PM directs reinclusion of BISP beneficiaries unduly dropped by previous government: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the reinclusion of eligible persons into Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), who were struck out of the beneficiary list by the previous government without any reason. He gave the direction in a meeting held with Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation Shazia Atta Marri.
The prime minister welcomed devising a procedure about making an appeal for reinclusion of the persons expelled from BISP. PM Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on the proposed procedure of the appeal for such 820,000 people who were dropped from the BISP by the previous government without any investigation.
Shazia Marri also updated the prime minister regarding the working of her ministry. She paid tribute to PM Sharif for announcing assistance for the deserving people of Balochistan under BISP and offering scholarships to students besides extending financial support to the parents of female students.

The Frontier Post

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