Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday constituted a special taskforce consisting of businessmen to come up with a roadmap to address the energy shortage faced by the country’s industrial sector.
He was talking to a group of businessmen led by All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Group Leader Gohar Ijaz, who apprised him of the problems and acute gas shortage, being faced by industry. The PM constituted a special task force (STF) that would present its recommendations within six days and suggest ways to overcome gas deficiency within six months. The STF was mandated to give its report to the energy committee consisting of ministers of finance, water and power, petroleum, the State Bank of Pakistan governor and planning commission deputy chairman. The STF would consist of Sapphire Mills CEO Shahid Abdullah, Kohinoor Mills CEO Amir Fayyaz, APTMA Chairman Mohsin Aziz, Suraj Mills CEO SM Bashir, ATS Mills CEO Mian Anjum Nisar, Fatima Group CEO Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar and ICI Chairman Waqar Malik.
The PM will chair the energy committee meeting, which would discuss the roadmap on the issue of gas deficiency for industry.
