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PM convenes CMs’ meeting on water dispute
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of chief ministers of Sindh and Punjab on Tuesday to discuss the matter relating to the opening of Chashma Link Canal, Geo news reported.This was stated by CM’s Advisor on Information Jameel Soomro while briefing media-persons after a special meeting of Sindh Cabinet at Chief Minister’s House here on Monday.
He said Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah briefed the Prime Minister on development projects including initiatives of the provincial government and law and order situation in province.
He said that the Prime Minister has appreciated the law and order situation in the province with particular reference to the removal of land grabbing mafia.
He said the Prime Minister has specifically appreciated the efforts of Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza and him team in this regard. He was told that the crime rate has reduced in the province.
To a question regarding Thar coal, he said the Prime Minister has assured of full support of the federal government to the potential investors for expediting investment in the coal power generation.
Soomro said the Prime Minister also assured to remove lacunas in the way of power projects based on Thar coal.
Earlier, Member Thar Coal Energy Board Syed Asad Ali Shah in his presentation said the Board has planned to generate at least 10,000 megawatts of power by 2020 to save at least $ 80 billion of foreign exchange in net present value (NPV) on account of expensive imported furnace oil substitution.
Sindh Governor, Dr. Ishrat-ul- Ebad Khan, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Federal Ministers Rehman Malik, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Syed Naveed Qamar and members of Sindh Cabinet and Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman attended the meeting.
Jameel Soomro said the Prime Minister has called the chief ministers of Sindh and Punjab to Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the Chashma Link Canal issue. Irrigation Ministers of the both the provinces will also attend this meeting. Prior to that meeting both the chief ministers will separately hold one-to-one meeting to discuss the issue, he added.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv