Tabish Gauhar lands himself in eye of storm
SAPM on Power and Petroleum, Tabish Gauhar. File photo
ISLAMABAD: The SAPM on Power and Petroleum, Tabish Gauhar, has developed a serious rift with two powerful cabinet ministers in the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) where an intense divergence of opinion has turned into personal animosity.
Tabish Gauhar, who is currently not attending the CCOE meetings, registered his protest with Prime Minister Imran Khan against the two ministers, pleading that the two cabinet members were interfering in the affairs of Ministry of Energy, top official sources and one of the CCOE members told The News. The PM has also been conveyed that the CCOE has also ordered an inquiry into dry docking of FSRU at Engro Terminal.
Umar may be ousted as energy body’s chief
PM Imran steps in to end tussle among members of CCoE
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar briefing the media in Islamabad on May 31, 2021. SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar may be removed from the post of the chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) as a tussle among its members has compelled Prime Minister Imran Khan to step in and put the house in order.
Sources told The Express Tribune that bickering among Umar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tabish Gauhar, Energy Minister Hammad Azhar and Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi started over the body’s intervention in the affairs of the energy ministry.
People from the Shia Hazara community gather around the caskets of coal mine workers who were killed by unknown gunmen near the Machh coalfield, during a sit-in protest, in Quetta on Monday, Jan 4, 2020. AP/File
A government team and members of the Hazara community protesting in Quetta against the killing of miners in Mach reached an agreement late on Friday night after which the protesters agreed to bury the bodies of the slain miners, which lay in coffins at the protest site.
The decision was announced by a representative of the Shuhuda Action Committee, Agha Raza, at the Quetta sit-in, where Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, federal Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri and Special Assistant to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukari were present to hold talks with the protesters.