Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that the country could not meet the potential of economic developmen
t as reforms in power sector, considering the modern trends and growing domestic and industrial need
s, were neglected in the p
ast. Chairing a review meeting on the ongoing reforms process for supply o
f low-cost and uninterrupted electricity to the consumers, the prime minister reiterated the resolve for early completion of the reforms process. The meeting was attended by Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz, Planning Minister Asad Umar, Energy Minister Omar Ayub and Special Assistant to Prime Minister Nadeem Babar. International energy and economics experts including Dr Robin Burgess from London School of Economics and Professor Michael Greenstone of Chicago University also joined the meeting through video link. The meeting discussed in detail the roadmap for power sector reforms with a particular focus on supply of inexpensive and undisturbed electricity to the consumers. Appreciating the experts’ research on Pakistan’s energy sector, the prime minister said t
he incumbent government was committed to power sector reforms, aimed at providing low-priced and uninterrupted power supply to the people.
