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Amid prolonged power outages in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reprimanded the energy ministry officials and rejected their explanations on their failure to bring the situation under control.
An emergency meeting of the official and ministers concerned held in Lahore on Saturday under the chairmanship of PM Shehbaz to discuss the worsening energy crisis in the country, Express News reported.
The huddle reviewed the power load-shedding situation in the country and discussed measures to reduce the electricity shortfall that has exceeded 7,000MW.
The insiders said PM lashed out at the officials concerned while directing them to reduce load-shedding duration to two hours maximum under any circumstances.
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“Out of the question. Not acceptable. I don’t want any explanation. People want to get rid of load-shedding and I will not compromise on public issues,” the premier was quoted as saying in response to the explanations given by the officials.
The prime minister directed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail to utilise all the resources to end load-shedding from the country at all costs.
Due to the difference in supply and demand, unannounced load-shedding of eight hours is being carried out in different parts of the country. Moreover, in areas with line losses are found to be high, the duration of load-shedding has reached 12 hours.
Ever since the incumbent government came to power, it has struggled to resolve the nagging problem of power outages. While Prime Minister Shehbaz had vowed to end the problem as soon as possible, the issue continues to linger on, with no relief in sight.
Furthermore, the country has been facing an extreme heatwave since last month and temperature up to 50 degrees Celsius has been recorded in some parts of Pakistan. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has attributed this worsening problem to climate change. It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.