Summary Asad Umar urged the government to employ professionals who can solve public issues.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar on Wednesday severely criticised the federal government over prolonged power outages across the country.
Addressing the National Assembly after Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif`s speech , Asad Umar said the Minister claimed that Karachi is not their mandate and people in Karachi say “they (government) should have some shame.”
He said: “End this culture of cronyism where you are filling your relatives and cronies in power sector. Bring professionals.”
Asad Umar said power projects worth billions of rupees remain idle in the hand of incompetent cronies. The fault of this lies with the Prime Minister.
“We have already 700 bodies in our hand; mostly poor who died of chronic heat wave,” the PTI MNA remarked.
He said it is responsibility of the federal government to stop power theft from any feeder across the country.
Nandipur project s original cost was Rs23 billion; it eventually cost Rs57 billion and ran only 3 days, he told the House.
The lawmaker asked: “Does the federal government remember Karachiites only when it has to collect taxes.”
