ISLAMABAD: Standing committee on Energy has recommended a change of nomenclature of Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) to Pakistan Power Infrastructure Board in view of the mandate assigned to the PPIB to process specified public sector and renewable energy projects sanctioned by the federal government.
The committee met under the chairmanship of MNA Ch Bilal Ahmad Virk in the Parliament House, Islamabad.
While reconsidering the Bill, the committee agreed with the suggestion of the Power Division (PD) and incorporated a clause in PPIB (Amendment) Bill 2017, through which the nomenclature of PPIB would be changed. The committee deferred discussion on “The Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill 2017” till its next meeting in view of clarification sort by the members of the committee from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on certain clauses of the Bill. The committee asked the PD to hold a discussion with the members of the committee to clarify the issues. The committee would meet on October 10, 2017, to discuss the Bill.
The meeting was attended by MNAs; Malik Ihtebar Khan, Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Ch Khalid Javaid Warraich, Shehryar Afridi, Imran Khattak, Abdul Waseem, Sajid Ahmed, additional secretary, PD and senior officers of the concerned departments.
