ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Federal Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday was given a briefing on ways to reduce load shedding and overall energy situation.
PM charing Cabinet meeting. Briefing on energy and ways & means to reduce load shedding. There is a shortage of installed capacity to cater to the high demand. There were also supply chain gaps because PTI didn’t make enough fuel contracts. We are addressing these issues urgently pic.twitter.com/9oD0xswION
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) June 7, 2022
In a tweet, she said there was a shortage of installed capacity to cater to the high demand.
The minister said there were also supply chain gaps because PTI regime did not make enough fuel contracts. She said the present government was addressing these issues on emergent basis.
Energy Conservation plan is being presented by the Ministry of Power at the National Level during this challenging time, when there is shortage of electricity and the price of oil and gas in the international market is sky high #GovtAtWork#WeCanWeWill pic.twitter.com/zkNq2lWtv9
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) June 7, 2022
She said that in four years PTI was not able to even make operational all the projects PML-N had started.
Finance division is presenting an austerity plan to the cabinet. Petrol entitlement of government functionaries including cabinet members to be cut by 40%. #GovtAtWork #WeCanWeWill pic.twitter.com/ruJSKdlUfe
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) June 7, 2022
For instance, the Siemens LNG plant at Trimmu, at 61.6% the most efficient plant in the world, and where the first turbine had already arrived in 2018 during PML-N government, was still not operational.