RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reform was informed that 1200-MW LNG-based Baloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah power plants would be functional till February 2018.

The committee met with MNA Abdul Majeed Khan Khanan Khail in the chair here at the Parliament House on Monday.

The committee appreciated the efforts of the managements over timely completing the power plants.

The committee constituted a sub-committee under the convenership of MNA Iftikhar-ud-Din with MNAs Junaid Akbar, Sher Akber Khan and Shaheen Shafiq as its members. The terms of references (ToRs) of the sub-committee will be to look into: (i) Distribution and System Augmentation Program STG, BOP, ELR (PESCO) in district Buner under PSDP Programme; (ii) and status of PC-I of electrification work at different valleys of Chitral, including establishment of 132KV grid station in Chitral, Chitral Hydel Power capacity enhancement and status of PESCO, PEDO and WAPDA agreement and steps taken for provision of electricity to upper Chitral by December 25, 2017 (PSDP #1048 & 1054).

The committee took the notice of absence of the minister for planning, development and reform and secretary PD&R and directed that their presence should be ensured in the upcoming meeting. The committee discussed the issue of recruitment of LDCs in the Pakistan Institute of Development Economic (PIDE) and examined the relevant record.

MNAs Syed Muhammad Athar Hussain Shah Gillani, Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, Malik Ibrar Ahmad, Dr Asma Mamdot, Dr Nafisa Shah, Shaheen Shafiq, Shamas-un-Nisa, Sheikh Salahuddin, Asiya Nasir, Shazia Sohail Mir, Junaid Akbar, Iftikhar-ud-Din and Sher Akber Khan, besides the officials of the institutions concerned, attended the meeting.