Fawad Chaudhry denies that the party is considering a proposal to join Tehreek-e-Lubaik Pakistan (TLP) – file photo
Islam Abad: In a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the federal ministers openly expressed their grievances over gas load shedding.
Discussing the issue of gas shortage, the ministers said that people were questioning the load shedding of gas, if there was no supply of gas to the export industry then exports would be affected.
During the meeting, Minister for Energy Hamad Azhar apprised about the gas reserves, ground realities and government measures. While according to the government survey 95% of the industry is running.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the industrial units to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas and formed a three-member committee comprising Senators Shaukat Tareen, Hamad Azhar and Abdul Razzaq Dawood.
In the meeting of the Federal Cabinet, the Prime Minister also directed the Export Industry and General Industry to review the supply of gas.
According to sources, the issue of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was also discussed in the meeting in which Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Shibli Faraz has been assigned the task of meeting the Chief Election Commissioner.
Later, during a briefing on the federal cabinet, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on the defeat of PTI in the local body elections in Khair Pakhtunkhwa said that no election is lost due to inflation while there are governance and other factors.
Fawad Chaudhry denied that the party was considering a proposal to join the Tehreek-e-Lubaik Pakistan (TLP). He clarified that there was no proposal in the party to meet TPL.
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Fawad Chaudhry said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is the only leader while all others are political dwarfs.
In addition, according to the state-run news agency APP, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad said that previous governments had pushed the country into a quagmire of debts, due to expensive contracts during the time of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Increased and now owes 55 billion.
The Federal Minister for Information said that the Federal Cabinet commended the Foreign Ministry for successfully convening a special meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in view of the situation in Afghanistan. But the point reached the world.
He said that the formal session of OIC is also going to be held in Pakistan in March next year.
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The Federal Minister for Information said that the Election Commission has requested for assistance in 3,900 to 4,000 electronic voting machines for the local body elections in Islamabad. Every possible cooperation will be extended with the Election Commission in this regard.
Fawad Chaudhry said that at present all economic indicators in Pakistan are positive, the country’s economic situation is clearly showing stability.
He said that this year alone we have to repay .2 12.27 billion debt, in 2023 also .5 12.5 billion debt has to be repaid while this debt is taken by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Ali Zardari. Billions of dollars to repay.
