ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat unanimously approved “the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2019” to strengthen the administration of the regulator in power sector, reported Business Recorder.
The committee met with Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood in the chair here at Parliament House on Thursday. The committee discussed ‘the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2019, accidents and deaths due to electrocution in Karachi, proposal for constitution of Engineering Service of Pakistan for the civil servant engineers submitted by the Pakistan Engineering Council, and Central Superior Services (CSS) exam procedure.
The bill was moved by Leader of House in the Senate Syed Shibli Fraz in the meeting for passage. The committee unanimously approved the Bill with minor amendments.
According to the Bill, “The Authority shall consist of a chairman and four members out of whom one shall be designed as Member Tariff and Finance, one as Member Technical, one as Member Law and one as Member Admin and Enforcement. The chairman and members of the Authority shall be appointed by the federal government for a term of four years and shall be eligible for appointment for a similar term or terms.”
The committee expressed serious resentment over absence of representative of K-Electric and said if the officials of K-Electric do not attend the next meeting then IG Sindh Police would be approached to issue arrest warrants and present them in the meeting.
