Approval granted to establishment of 220 KV grid station in Swabi-Umar Ayub

PESHAWAR, Oct 05 (APP):Federal Minister for Energy, Umar
Ayub Friday announced that approval has been granted for establishment of a 220
KV grid station in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkwa.
He said this while speaking at a ceremony held in Swabi
district on Friday.
Federal Minister assured the participants of the ceremony
that the issue of low electricity voltage in the district will be resolved
before arrival of summer season.
He said the problems being faced by affectees of Tarbela dam
and Ghazi Barotha will be resolved at the earliest.
Speaking on the occasion, Federal Minister for Energy said
the volume of circular debt in country has reached to a huge 1250 billion.
Presently the amount of debt Pakistan has to pay has
accumulated to about 29,000 billion (29 trillion) rupees.
Around five years ago, the amount of country’s debt was
around 14,000 billion which later swelled to Rs. 29,000 billion, he continued.
“Where these staggering 15,000 billion rupees have been
spent during last five years,” Umar Ayub asked the question during his speech.
Referring to budget decisions, Umar Ayub said Prime
Minister, Imran Khan has given clear cut directives of exempting poor from
taxation.