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Electricity finally gets president’s attention

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ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered emergency measures to overcome the crippling power crisis.
This order was issued at a high-level meeting, presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday.
According to a private TV channel, President Zardari was briefed about the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday regarding the energy crisis.
It was decided that emergency measures would be taken to overcome the power shortfall.
The meeting decided to clear circular debts of power firms and boost recoveries from WAPDA’s defaulters. It also decided to immediately cut the power connections of companies and individuals who were not paying their bills.
Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh briefed the meeting about its financial issues while Dr Asim explained reasons for low power generation.

22 Responses to Electricity finally gets president’s attention

  1. Javed Iqbal says:

    Electricity and Gas is now a destructive Political Weapon.

  2. aab jo thi wo b nai rhe gi

  3. Arslan Malik says:

    hahahaha very funny

  4. nothing – he will show his teeth

  5. Umar Zahid says:

    Here we go again its the same old story

  6. Kiran Adnan says:

    He will move all connections to his house

  7. Tayyaba Rana says:

    nothing new, once in a while he gets up from deep slumber

  8. Electricity and Gas is now a destructive Political Weapon.

  9. Muhammad Bilal Sultan via Facebook says:

    aab jo thi wo b nai rhe gi

  10. Yasmin Abdul Wahab via Facebook says:

    nothing – he will show his teeth

  11. Umar Zahid via Facebook says:

    Here we go again its the same old story

  12. Kiran Adnan via Facebook says:

    He will move all connections to his house

  13. nothing new, once in a while he gets up from deep slumber

  14. F***** em living near to his F8 home and whenever he visits his home, thr is no loadsheding in our area…

  15. Blahblahblah says:

    Along with all that we need two holidays in a week… Koi tou iss Punjab k SKR ko paband karay…

  16. Shiraz Khan says:

    Nothing will happen. Curroption will carry on & coffers will be filled to the hilt

  17. Nothing will happen. Curroption will carry on & coffers will be filled to the hilt

  18. it took only years to attract presidents attention!

  19. it took only years to attract presidents attention!

  20. it took only years to attract presidents attention!

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