ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Power Tabish Gauhar, who earlier tendered the resignation, is back at work after meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Tuesday.In the meeting, the.
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Power Tabish Gauhar, who earlier tendered the resignation, is back at work after meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Tuesday. In the meeting, the.
SAPM on Power Tabish Gauhar steps down
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January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: In a major blow to the government, Tabish Gauhar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Power issues, has stepped down in a mysterious way just after being appointed 95 days back on October 1, 2020. Tabish was getting only one Re as he offered his services as SPAM on Power on honorary basis. This is the second resignation in a row. In November 2020, Prime Minister’s SAPM on Power, Syed Shahzad Qasim, tendered his resignation a few days after the prime minister asked him (Syed Shahzad Qasim) to focus on coordination of marketing and development of mineral resources.
The government has decided to pay Rs135 billion out of Rs450bn circular debt and settle the remaining amount by the end of the current calendar year. File photo
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the first meeting with a delegation of the IPPs to discuss payment of circular debt and implementation of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed with the power producers, the government has decided to pay Rs135 billion out of Rs450bn circular debt and settle the remaining amount by the end of the current calendar year.
Sources in the finance ministry said that a delegation of Independent Power Producers’ (IPP) managements held a meeting with Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh a day earlier to discuss the repayment plan for overdue circular debt receivables under the recently signed MoUs.