ISLAMABAD – Minister for Planning, Development & Reform and StatisticsDivision Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar says the government is committed tosystematic and cost effective development of energy sector.
Chairing the 2nd Steering Committee meeting on Integrated Energy Planningfor Sustainable Development in Islamabad today, he said, in this regard,the government is working on integrated energy planning for sustainabledevelopment.
The Minister said that government is making endeavors to provide affordableenergy to the masses and a robust energy policy is being formulated incoordination with all stakeholders for sustained economic growth.
He said lack of an integrated energy planning in past affected our energysector and consequentially the country’s economic growth.
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He added the present government is fully committed to steer this initiativeto meaningful policy formulation and its implementation adding that thegovernment has also constituted a task force on energy in this regard.
Makhdum Khusro highlighted that the Government is also working on arenewable energy policy to tap the indigenous resources.
