Amid ongoing power outages in the country, the officials of the PowerDivision told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that there was no shortage ofelectricity and power plants were closed due to lack of fuel and technicalfailures.
This was briefed in an urgent meeting on power and petroleum sectors with afocus on addressing the related challenges chaired by the Prime Minister.
According to a report presented in the meeting, 27 power plants across thecountry had not been generating electricity due to fuel shortages andtechnical failures.
The prime minister was informed that nine IPPs had been closed due tonon-supply of gas, RLNG and coal, while 18 power plants were not workingdue to technical reasons.
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The charge sheet of incompetence of the former government was presented tothe Prime Minister, while Shehbaz Sharif while directing immediate actionsaid that such negligence should be tolerated.
