Lahore: The Pakistan Industrial & Traders Association Front (PIAF), while condemning the government’s new deadline of ending power loadshedding, has stressed the need to fulfill the earlier directives of the Prime Minister for a visible reduction in power outages by May Day by making a sustained and smooth mechanism of fuel supplies and maintenance of the plants. “It is unfortunate that the power plants of 5,700MW are available but they cannot generate electricity due to non-availability of fuel, resulting into long-hour power suspension in the industry. PIAF senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed and vice chairman Javed Siddiqi asked the authorities concerned to make a sustained and smooth mechanism of fuel supplies and advance planning for the summer, seeking a long-term effective plan to end pilferage in loss-making power distribution companies. Nasir Hameed expressed the hope that the power plants would resume getting RLNG supply from May 1 while the required quantity of furnace oil should also be available according to the pledge of the Prime Minister. He said lack of fuel supply and closures of power plants for maintenance were main reasons of power loadshedding across the country. Our Correspondent
