Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said an Energy Conference is being held on Monday in Islamabad to formulate a strategy for getting rid of power loadshedding. Chief Ministers of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber-PK, Ministers and institutions concerned will attend the Energy Conference, she added. Taking to mediapersons here, she said : “Provinces are fully authorized to initiate electricity generation projects and it is high time that the provincial governments played their due role in starting power generation projects”.
Dr Firdous said to monitor the implementation of the All Parties Conference (APC) resolution, a Committee would be constituted with consultation of the political parties.
The Committee will be constituted during the National Assembly session, she added.
She said unanimous approval of the APC resolution would be supportive in strengthening the country on internal and external fronts besides safeguarding its sovereignty.
The participation of all political parties indicated that the people were united on national issues, she added.
She said the APC gave a clear message to the world that the Pakistani nation as well as political parties were unanimous on national issues. It also provided an opportunity to the country’s leadership to highlight the stance of Pakistan at international level, she added.