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Summary Minister for Water and Power Ahmed Mukhtar says govt is focusing on power generation through coal.
While briefing media after a meeting of special Committee of Council of Common Interests (CCI) ‚ he said the government the government is making all out efforts to resolve electricity crisis.Commenting on the importance of power generation through coal‚ he added that as eight major countries of the world are using coal to produce electricity.The minister said the government will check electricity theft with the help of the media. It is also proposed in the meeting to establish separate police stations to end electricity thieving.He informed that the meeting also discussed measures for recovery of electricity dues and payment of circular debt to power producing companies.Talking about the complaints of Punjab over disparity of loadshedding, the minister said that it is not correct notion, in reality the Punjab province utilizes more electricity than the other therefore, and it seems that Punjab has been facing more loadshedding.
