- Condemns ongoing brutal campaign by Israeli forces against Palestinian people in Gaza
- Caretaker PM appreciates Power Division’s anti power-theft measures
RIYADH: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Saturday held a meeting with Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit.
The prime minister reiterated Pakistan’s strong condemnation of the ongoing brutal campaign by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The leaders emphasized on the urgency of galvanizing efforts against the ongoing Israeli brutalities that had resulted in huge loss of precious lives and forced displacement, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar met Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh on 11th November, 2023.#PMKakarinKSA pic.twitter.com/H6hK5mQacN
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) November 11, 2023
Prime Minister Kakar and Prime Minister Ibrahim also reviewed Pakistan-Malaysia bilateral relations with special focus on strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries.
Prime Minister Kakar briefed his Malaysian counterpart on the establishment of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), which worked on the whole of government approach to facilitate foreign investments in the country and ensuring ease of doing business.
The two leaders also highlighted the revitalization of the Joint Ministerial Commission, collaboration in the vocational training sector and export of manpower as key areas for further cooperation.
Power Division’s anti power-theft measures
Meanwhile, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday appreciated the crackdown on power-theft efforts of the Power Division which were bearing excellent results.
“My government will continue to support this campaign with more vigour so that our annual losses can be further minimized,” the prime minister posted on X.
I am glad that the anti power-theft efforts of our Power Division are bearing excellent results. My government will continue to support this campaign with more vigour so that our annual losses can be further minimised. https://t.co/jm72zwdgnD
— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) November 12, 2023
The caretaker prime minister also shared an earlier post of Secretary Power Division Rashid Langrial, who on his social handle announced that an amount of Rs46 billion had been recovered from the power pilferers from September 7 to October 31 during the ongoing anti-power theft campaign. Caretaker PM appreciates Power Division’s anti power-theft measures “Today as the results for the first two months (53 days to be exact) are out, I must put things in perspective. Our estimated annual losses across the national grid for the current year are Rs589 billion.
Of total Rs589, roughly Rs199 billion come from ex-FATA, Balochistan tube-wells and AJK,” he further posted. He said that they were working on the remaining problem space of Rs390 billion of which they were able to recover Rs46 billion in 53 days i.e. PKR 867 million per day. “If the same level of state support and field effort can be maintained (and that is a big if, I must admit), 80 % of the problem space gets resolved,” he added.
The secretary said they were conscious of the challenge of sustaining the drive beyond the campaign but they have demonstrated beyond doubt that there was nothing that could not be resolved with the right mix of state’s will and field effort. He said that they had reshuffled, suspended, prosecuted even arrested their staff at a scale never seen before; put thieves behind bars at a rate never observed before i-e roughly 470 persons per day; had shunned extraneous influence with full support of the Prime Minister, the Minister-in Charge and other quadrants of state power.
