Islamabad:
Friday, the president of the National Assembly expressed his regrets about the disengagement of the opposition of the procedures of the lower chamber of the Parliament and then underlined a lack of quorum which led to the adjournment of the session.
The speaker said that the opposition had chosen to leave the room at a time when important problems were on the agenda. He stressed that most of the questions about the agenda agenda had been submitted by opposition members.
“It is disappointing that the opposition has chosen to go out during the procedure when the house discussed important national issues,” he said. “It is regrettable that the opposition is distant from the fundamental responsibilities of the Parliament,” he added.
The speaker said 30 members participated in a debate on the issue of water canals, but most of the opposition parties, with the exception of the JUI-F Jamiat, were absent that day. Due to a lack of quorum on Friday, vice-president Syed Ghumlam Mustafa Shah adjourned the session until Monday.
Sadiq also specified that the PPP had submitted a resolution on the question of the channels on April 7, and the case was discussed in detail on the same day. However, another similar resolution was again submitted by the opposition on April 10.
Addressing the wider concerns raised by the opposition parties, the speaker continued, those who frequently talked about questions such as Palestine and border security have often not been presented when these questions were to debate in the House.
The session of the National Assembly began with President Ayaz Sadiq on the chair. However, the session was interrupted when Iqbal Afridi of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) underlined the lack of quorum. The session was suspended for 30 minutes, then adjourned due to insufficient participation.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy informed the Chamber in a written response according to which “thanks to the efforts of the government”, the circular debt decreased by 9 billion rupees in the first six months of the current year – from RS2.393 billion in June 2024 to 2384 billion rupees in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December in December
The Ministry of Energy said that the recovery of electricity distribution companies (DISCO) had improved. The ministry presented certain aspects of the government’s strategic roadmap for 2025-29, including initiatives aimed at identifying losses of power and real-time surveillance to determine unauthorized consumption.
“In order to identify the localities with high power losses, an computerized energy audit of distributors and transformers will be made,” said the answer. “An advanced measurement infrastructure system will be implemented for real -time monitoring assessment and losses assessment in order to identify unauthorized consumption.”
The ministry said that this strategy required that all consumers had electricity meters, so consumers without them should install them. “The strategy includes reinstatement measures against defaults which are constantly disconnected under the law on property income [and] And the entrepreneurs of the bundle of zones will be installed in high -power outfit areas, “the Ministry of Energy wrote.
The ministry added that by virtue of the government’s strategy, the tube wells would be solarized to reduce the dependence on the electricity of the network and a recovery program would be introduced for local administrations and nightclubs to perceive arrears.
