ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has directed to speed up the process of reforms in electricity distribution companies and said that the shortage of employees in discos should be met immediately.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar presided over a meeting of chairpersons of the Board of Directors of Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in which the issues of governance and reforms in DISCOs were discussed in detail.
In the meeting, staff shortage and human resource were discussed in particular, Ishaq Dar added that line losses should be reduced, electricity theft should be eliminated and customer care should be re-examined.
The Deputy Prime Minister directed the Discos to review the old and redundant posts so that the performance of the companies can improve. During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister reiterated the government’s full commitment to resolve the governance issues in the Discos, the Federal Minister Owais Leghari also attended the meeting.
