Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazir Tarar on Tuesday said that under the prime minister’s directions, the Federal Government was ready to help in every possible way to meet the power demands of the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
The people of GB should not suffer because of the demand and supply gap on that count, he said while chairing a meeting regarding the formulation of Power Generation Policy for Gilgit Balitistan. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir Khan, Advisor to the PM on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira, Secretary Water And Power Gilgit Baltistan, Secretary Kahmir Affairs, and Secretary Law And Justice Division, and other stakeholders. The participants held an in-depth discussion regarding the GB’s power generation policy for GB. They gave their valuable suggestions to overcome the demand and supply gap, being faced by the GB, and agreed on the fact that a clear policy was needed in that regard.