The new chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA), Engineer Farkhand Iqbal, assumed the charge of his office on Friday.
Prior to his new assignment, he was serving as senior chief (energy) (BS-21) in Planning & Development Division where he was responsible for project implementation, monitoring, policy, preparation review and interaction with WAPDA, AEDB, KESC, Oil & Gas and other government departments to facilitate policy implementation for sustainable energy supply to all types of consumers and maintain economic growth.
He has been supervising the assignments awarded to Alternative Energy Development Board, WAPDA, DISCOs, GENCOs, Oil & Gas Sector, Coal Department, provincial power departments, KESC, approval of PC-I, preparation of work plans for speedy development as envisaged in the medium term development framework of the country.
He has been working for improvement of energy efficiency and conservation, including revision of existing policies for promoting energy efficiency in domestic and industrial sector as well as promotion/development of energy appliances and research initiatives. In addition, his responsibilities were to offer technical and financial comments on feasibility reports of different projects related to power, fuel and renewable energy and to make them in line with the policies of the government.
He has been coordinating with international donors and aid-giving agencies in connection with circular debt and improved economic growth at 7 % and more. He is an expert in preparation of long-term, medium-term and short-term energy plans for the country.
He worked as director general projects in National Police Bureau, Ministry of Interior, from June 2009 to May 2011, and joint secretary (administration and policy), Ministry of Textile Industry, in July 2007.
He also served as deputy secretary (F&A) with additional charge of national project director (Ozone Cell), Ministry of Environment, LG&RD, from December 12, 2000, to August 31, 2002. He also served as deputy secretary in various ministries and divisions of the federal government as well as secretary, Irrigation and Power Department, government of the Punjab, in addition to working on various challenging posts in the public sector.
