KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif along with their respective teams discussed roadmap of energy conservation to control petroleum import bills which have reached $ 80 billion in 2022.

Ministers Industries and Production Makhdoom Murtaza Mehmood, Housing and Works Abdul Wasay, State Minister for Petroleum Dr. Musadiq Malik, Secretary Power Rashid Langrial, NEECA Representative Sardar Moazzam were part of federal government delegation while provincial ministers Imtiaz Shaikh, Saeed Ghani, Jam Ikramullah Dharejo, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Commissioner Karachi Iqbal Memon, Secretary Health Zulfiqar Shah, Secretary Energy Abu Bakar Madani assisted CM.   Khawaja Asif told CM that various energy conservation measures were presented to Cabinet in October 2022.

Prime Minister had constituted committee to fine-tune measures, Khawaja Asif said committee held five sessions to identify and strategies potential energy efficiency and conversion measures.   Murad Ali Shah thanking federal government team for their visit and for sensitising him about their roadmap said that saving one unit was cheaper than producing one unit of energy. He added that realising fact that improvement in energy efficiency and conservation was one of easiest and least cost-effective pathways to improve country’s energy sector sustainability.

CM said that Sindh province as whole and its urban centers especially Karachi alone have huge potential for energy conservation and improving efficiency by taking measures which include number of EE&C interventions to be implemented in key sectors of economy such as industry, building, transport, energy, power and petroleum and agriculture sectors. 

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 23 2022

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