Islamabad ( NNP ) The federal government has reconstituted the ECL committee of the cabinet. According to the details, the cabinet division has issued a notification for the formation of a 4-member ECL committee. The ECL Committee will be chaired by the Prime Minister himself.
The ECL committee will include the Minister of Law, Minister of Industry and Production and Minister of Human Rights. In the absence of the Prime Minister, the Law Minister will head the committee, the ECL sub-committee will examine the ECL cases, the secretarial support for the committee will be provided by the Ministry of Interior, the Home Minister was not included in the ECL committee.
On the other hand, an important review meeting regarding the prevention of electricity theft was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.
A briefing was given in the meeting, where the rate of electricity theft is low, the duration of load shedding is short. Section 462 (O) of the Pakistan Penal Code has been amended by ordinance making electricity theft a punishable offence, due to the anti-electricity theft campaign launched in September last year. Although there was a decrease.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that it is our responsibility to create a stable system through measures such as the campaign to stop electricity theft. The current economic situation of the country cannot afford a problem like electricity theft. Disciplinary action should be initiated against those who are involved in facilitating in this regard. Those who have caused the loss of billions of dollars to the country will be punished, reduction of line losses and up-gradation of transmission lines should be arranged as soon as possible.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the generation companies are a burden on the public treasury, the work for their privatization should be started immediately. But it was decided to start the work under the Public Sector Development Program. It was decided to deploy feeder monitors at the feeders that are prone to losses. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that under the anti-electricity theft campaign, 57 billion rupees have been recovered from September 2023 till now.
