Tonight with Moeed Pirzada: Government has failed to provide electricity at low cost, Dr. Farrukh Salim.
Electric and power Analyst, Dr. Farrukh Salim joined Dr. Moeed Pirzada to discuss the ongoing electricity crisis in Pakistan.
The current situation of Power generation in the light of the statement by the Water and Power Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif in one his Tweets was discussed. Dr. Farrukh Saleem said that due to electricity theft and mismanagement, the authorities are unable to manage the shortfall.
During the discussion, Dr. Farrukh Salim Said 30 % of the total electricity in Pakistan is generated through water.
Dr Saleem also said that a large number of electric power generation units are inactive.
He also revealed that 20 per cent of the total generated electricity is being stolen. He said that this is consequent of the inability of the government to providing electricity at low cost.
The government, he said, has incapacitated the National Electric and Power Regulatory Authority. He said that the government has achieved this through passing a law that has stripped NEPRA of its autonomy.
Tonight with Moeed Pirzada: An Exclusive talk with Shah Mehmood Qureshi Part-2
The Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf and former Foreign Minister Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined Doctor Moeed Pirzada to comment on the current political turmoil that the government is facing.
He said that it is highly likely that the PPP and the ruling party will join hands to make a concrete support in the centre. Regarding the Panama JIT he said that the government is going to create hurdles in the process of investigation.
When asked about Imran Khan’s off-shore company case filed by Mr. Hanif Abbasi, he said that there is a huge difference between Imran Khan’s and the Nawaz Sharif’s case. He also said that PTI is the only political party that is funded by the general public. SMQ said that we are receiving more appreciation than we anticipated.
Regarding the government’s sped-up developmental projects, he said that the people realize that this is temporary. He said that the Multan Metro was a waste of resources, completely useless and impractical. He said that the Metro was supposed to carry 95000 people per day, whereas only 10-15000 people are utilizing it. The former PPP minister also said that the government is initiating the same projects that it used to criticize in the PPP’s regime.
Tonight with Moeed Pirzada: An Exclusive talk with Shah Mehmood Qureshi Part-1
The Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf and former Foreign Minister Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined Doctor Moeed Pirzada to comment on the current political turmoil that the government is facing.
He said that it is highly likely that the PPP and the ruling party will join hands to make a concrete support in the centre. Regarding the Panama JIT he said that the government is going to create hurdles in the process of investigation.
When asked about Imran Khan’s off-shore company case filed by Mr. Hanif Abbasi, he said that there is a huge difference between Imran Khan’s and the Nawaz Sharif’s case. He also said that PTI is the only political party that is funded by the general public. SMQ said that we are receiving more appreciation than we anticipated.
Regarding the government’s sped-up developmental projects, he said that the people realize that this is temporary. He said that the Multan Metro was a waste of resources, completely useless and impractical. He said that the Metro was supposed to carry 95000 people per day, whereas only 10-15000 people are utilizing it. The former PPP minister also said that the government is initiating the same projects that it used to criticize in the PPP’s regime.
