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Express Tribune
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
K-P protests ouster of key hydropower projects
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has strongly protested the federal government's exclusion of two major hydropower projects from the Integrated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2025-2035, calling the move retaliatory and unjust. In a letter to Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Owais Ahmed Leghari, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Energy, Engr Tariq Sadozai, expressed serious concern over what he termed the Centre's continued lack of cooperation in provincial energy initiatives. He highlighted the Gabral Kalam (88 MW) and Maden (157 MW) hydropower projects in Swat, launched under the World Bank-supported Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Hydropower and Renewable Energy (KHRE) program, are scheduled for completion in 2027. Both projects had previously been included in IGCEP 2021-30 and 2022-31 with the approval of ECNEC, the Council of Common Interests (CCI), and NEPRA. Terming their exclusion from the updated IGCEP 2025-35 a constitutional violation, Sadozai warned that such actions undermine provincial rights. He argued that if federal projects like Mohmand Dam, Dasu, and Tarbela 5th Extension are classified as "committed" in IGCEP, then the two K-P-based projects deserve the same status. The K-P government plans to raise the matter at the highest forum and has urged the federal government to immediately review its decision and restore the projects in the IGCEP framework.
Express Tribune
22-06-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Timely energy projects 'top priority'
Under the Good Governance Roadmap Program, ensuring merit and transparency in institutional matters remains the top priority. The biggest challenge in this regard is completing ongoing energy projects within the stipulated timeframe. In line with the Chief Secretary's directive, all officials must play their part in operationalizing e-tendering, e-payment, and one-window service platform. These views were expressed by Secretary Energy and Power Muhammad Zubair Khan in a meeting attended by the heads of PEDO, K-P Oil and Gas Company, Electric Inspectorate and Energy Planning Directorate regarding the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Good Governance Roadmap. Additional Secretary Admin Shoaib Khan, Additional Secretary Power Anwar Khan Sherani and other senior officers also attended the meeting. Meanwhile, the Secretary while emphasizing the strict implementation of the guidelines set for ongoing energy projects, said that currently work is progressing rapidly on Balakot, Lawi, Gorkin Matiltan, Gabral Kalam, and Madyen Hydropower projects. The Secretary added that timely completion of these projects within the stipulated timeframe is a major challenge.
