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Summary Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said that political leaders must avoid abusive language.
Reacting on statement of Sheikh Rasheed, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Wednesday said that political leaders must avoid abusive language.He said this while briefing media after the federal cabinet meeting.He said that Sheikh Rasheed is a politician who has no public support therefore wanted to ride on others’ carts.Kaira said Sheikh Rasheed language against the President was unbearable and the government knows how to make him silent.The information minister said that government is not running away from elections and no suggestion of postponing the elections is under consideration.Kaira said the Sub-Committee of the Cabinet on Balochistan also presented its interim report on Wednesday after holding consultations with different stakeholders in Quetta‚ Karachi and Islamabad. He hoped that the Committee would finalize its recommendations before the next meeting of the Cabinet.The minister said that services of contract and daily wages employees appointed in the past have been regularized irrespective of which Government hired them.Kaira said the federal cabinet was informed that the federal government has so far regularized services of about thirty thousand contract and daily wages employees.The meeting was also briefed about power situation and the steps taken to mitigate the problem, He said.It was told that in the first twelve days of August last‚ the electricity generation was 14274 MW where as it was 14306 MW in the comparable period this year, Kaira said.He said presently the daytime electricity production is 13250 MW which increases to 14300 MW in the evening. Hydel production during day time is 5000 MW and 6100 MW in the evening due to extra releases of water from dams after its storage during day time. Power generation by Gencos is 1900 MW‚ IPPs 6300 MW and 600 MW by Chashma nuclear power plants.The Information Minister said second nuclear power unit that had developed some fault would become operational this evening as a result of which 300 MW would be added to the system.He said the PM constituted a committee comprising Secretaries of Ministries of Water and Power; Petroleum and Natural Resources and Finance to hold daily meetings to consider issues facing the power sector and resolve them. It would regularly update the PM and the cabinet on the progress and the relevant information would also be shared with the people.Kaira said it was also decided that an exclusive meeting of the cabinet on water and power sector would be held after Eid to review the steps so far taken and formulate a futuristic strategy.
