ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (APP):Minister for Power Omar Ayub on Tuesday said improvement in power transmission lines was the top priority of the incumbent government as it was the major cause of electricity problems, besides causing line losses.
Talking to a private news channel, the minister said the previous governments had not made any endeavor to improve power transmission system, which was very unfortunate.
Omar Ayub Khan said power theft was a big issue as the country was facing around Rs 60 billion losses every year on that count, he added.
He said the previous government had neither paid attention to power production nor to changing old transmission lines.
He said the power sector was facing Rs 1300 billion circular debt and Rs150 billion in gas sector due to ill policies of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government.
He said line transmissions, transformers of the grid stations were obsolete and not generating and transmitting power properly in the country.
Replying to a question, he said a high level delegation had come from Saudi Arabia to invest huge amount as direct investment and it would prove fruitful for the country’s economy.