CM’s advise­r on power and energy says govt needs invest­orsPESHAWAR: Private sector investment is needed to start work on oil and gas blocks in southern districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, said CM’s Adviser for Energy and Power Himayat Ullah Khan. The Ambassador of South Korea, Vice Chancellor University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar Dr. iftikhar Hussain, Additional Chief Secretary Mr. Shahzad Bangash, Secretary Energy Mr. Sarfaraz Durrani, Center for Advanced Studies in energy Dr. Najeeb, Chief Executive Officer PEDO Mr Bahader Shah were attended the conference. The purpose of the conference is to bring together government officials, energy sector professionals, academicians and representative from donor agencies and private firms to discuss investment opportunities in the province’s energy resources. Himayat said that the current government is working on numerous energy projects which will generate nearly 4,000MW of electricity to help overcome the current energy crisis. Besides, power projects will be a major source of employment as well as help in economic uplift the province.’Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2019.

Source: The Express Tribune May 05, 2019 05:48 UTC