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US Chargé d’affaires Meets Leghari, Discusses Cooperation

Islamabad (TDI): US Chargé d’affaires in Pakistan Natalie A. Baker called on Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest.

The Federal Minister apprised the US Diplomat about the recent reforms undertaken in the Power Sector by the government.

He stated that due to these reforms the power sector has shown improvement as compared to the previous year.

The minister said that the government is following a policy of non-interference and has appointed completely independent BoDs of Power Sector State Owned Enterprises so that they can take their decisions on merit.

The US Chargé d’affaires invited the Minister for participation in Energy Security Dialogue that is being held in Washington, saying that his participation will be highly valuable.

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The Federal Minister while acknowledging close partnership of different US Agencies with Power Sector, stated that it has gone a long way in building the strategic partnership and Islamabad values its relationship in this regard.

He further said that team in Power Division has been working to further explore new avenues of collaboration.

Regarding privatization of DISCOs, the minister said that transparency and international standards are being followed which will attract the investors.

He invited the US investors to partake in the competitive bidding in this regard.

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The Federal Minister also highlighted the efforts in reducing the Power Tariff for consumers in Pakistan.

Natalie A. Baker while appreciating the efforts made by the Power Division stated that it is now quite clear that the government is making serious efforts to reduce electricity tariff in the country.

She also assured to working together to explore new vistas of collaboration in the energy sector.

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