Islamabad(Parliament Times) : Well-known columnist/editor Sohail Anjum Malik called on the Federal Minister for Energy. Engineer Khurram Dastaghir Khan at his office. During the meeting, amongst other issues, the current power crisis were discussed in detail. The Federal Minister criticized the PTI government’s power policies and said
Our Ministry will soon overcome the Energy Crisis and the situation will be almost under control by mid July 2022.
The duration of load shedding in major and industrial cities has been significantly reduced up to 3 to 4 hours and in the next few weeks the current energy crisis across the country, including in rural areas, will be resolved 90 percent, He added.
He further said that our coalition Government is facing critical economic challenges left by the previous PTI Government. Our coalition Government is now focusing it’s best to resolve ongoing crisis in the true letter and spirit and is working day and night to provide relief packages to the common and poor people of Pakistan. Federal Minister for Power Mr. Khan ensured pre Moon soon raining spell will bring positive sign in coming days to reduce the shortfall significantly and people of Pakistan will be relaxed from loads shedding duration all over the country. State Mister for Energy and a high power delegation including Former Speaker of AJK Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir and Dr. Najeeb were also present on the occasion among others