Power Sector foreign funded projects under implementation phase

As the government is focused on power sector, Power Division is regularly monitoring the progress of foreign-funded projects. To accelerate the sustainable economic growth of country, National Coordination Committee on Foreign-Funded Projects (NCC-FFP) has contacted the line departments of the Power Division. The instructions about the acceleration of the operation of the energy sector projects have been issued.  Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar and Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan co-headed the meeting of the NCC-FFP on energy sector, with a gathering of participants of Economic Affairs Division secretary Noor Ahmed, representatives of the PM’s Office, the Finance Division, and provincial departments. On reviewing the compliance status of forum’s decisions, 14 foreign-funded projects including, power generation, transmission and distribution are under implementation. The capital amount of $3.418 billion with the funding of development partners including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank will be invested in the coming days.