PM to hire independent experts for power sector

PM to hire independent experts for power sector

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Experts will guide bureaucracy on matters related to hydropower projects, net metering

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to hire experts in power sector, expressing his dissatisfaction with the bureaucracy.

According to sources, the independent experts will guide the bureaucracy on matters related to hydropower projects, net metering and solarization.

The experts will also guide the bureacracy about electricity prices, electricity production, distribution, reforms in the sector and transfer of imported coal power plants to Thar Coal.

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A committee or council consisting of the experts would be formed and the concerned minister would also be taken on board.