Among the reports of lengthy power blackouts in country, former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on On Monday they said power load shedding will reduced up to 3.5 hours from Tuesday (tomorrow).
“After June 30, there will be no load shedding. of more than two hours. Today we need to produce 25,000 megawatts of electricity, but we only produce 21,000 MW,” he said, referring to news conference along with other PML-N leaders in Islamabad.
Abbasi said that from Tuesday there will be only 3.5 hours of power blackouts in country, and from June 16, the period will be reduced up to three hours.
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He hoped that the period of load shedding will continue reduced in July, adding that government increased generation of power in country only from 17,000 to 18,000 MW of energy was generated when government took accusation.
mourning over “incompetence” of PTI government, former prime minister said that efficiency of a little power plants in the country was extremely low and should have been replaced.
“A little of they produce electricity at a price of 60 rupees per unit. Not a single megawatt of energy was injected into national grid during PTI government. There is a long story of negligence, he added.
In response to a question, he said, government did not receive taxes on gasoline and is sold upon purchase rate. “No country in in world can support the provision of subsidies. We hope prices in international markets will reduce and it will affect the local market too, he added.
Commenting on statement by PTI MNA Attaullah that he commit suicide attack’if anything happened to former prime minister Imran Khan, Abbasi said that PTI already committed suicide attack’ on this country.
” way they violated the agreement with the IMF, this is an example … they erected many obstacles for us… now their members are talking about suicide attacks,” he said. added.
He also said that LNG contracts made during tenure of PML-N government saved the country 140 billion rupees.
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