Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday constituted a task force to oversee the implementation of structural reforms in the power sector amid the ongoing outcry by the consumers over exorbitant electricity bills.
A notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said that the task force is being formed to reduce the financial burden of the power sector being borne by the government and enable the establishment of an efficient, liquid, and self-sustaining competitive power market.
The development came as there have been multiple protests against the high cost of electricity. Power Minister Awais Leghari has been appointed as the chairman of the task force, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Power Muhammad Ali is the co-chairman while Lt-Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal is the national coordinator.
The members of the task force are BS-21 officer Syed Zakaria Ali Shah, nominees of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, Central Power Purchasing Agency, Private Power and Infrastructure Board and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
