Islamabad: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Federal Minister for Energy Owais Leghari on Monday Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur at the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad.
Addressing a press conference jointly after the meeting, Naqvi said the KPK government and the federal power ministry have been engaged in discussions for the last few days to address the ongoing load-shedding crisis in the province.
“The talks proved to be highly productive, with both parties working towards a common goal of providing relief to the public,” he added.
The Interior Minister affirmed that the crisis in KPK has been addressed.
CM Gandapur said that efforts are being made to address the system's deficiencies and ensure relief to the masses from load shedding.
The CM said that a viable solution has been identified that will provide significant relief from load shedding. “We have found a way that will offer relief. The focus is to make KPK load shedding-free,” he reiterated.
“We aim to eradicate load shedding from our province. Federal and provincial institutions will work together to achieve this goal,” Gandapur said.
The CM highlighted that the primary goal of these discussions was to provide relief to the public and find sustainable solutions.
Leghari said that load shedding can be reduced by eliminating electricity theft in the country.