ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said fabricated cases were lodged against political opponents during the Imran-led government, which, however, failed to prove even a single allegation in courts.
Imran Khan was now trying to build a false narrative that the coalition government was amending the NAB laws to end their cases, she said addressing a news conference after the Federal Cabinet meeting.
Flanked by Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir Khan, Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik, PM’s Advisor on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira and Minister for Board of Investment Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Marriyum said the law minister would give a threadbare briefing to the media persons on the National Accountability Bureau (Amendment) Bill, 2022 on Tuesday.
She said the cabinet was given a detailed briefing over matters related to the Power Division, including loadshedding, and existing electricity generation capacity, its demand and consumption.
Around 23,900 megawatt electricity was generated in the month of June, while its demand touched 30,000 MW, which was “historic” and “unprecedented”, she added. The minister said it was noted that half of the total electricity generation capacity was installed during the previous tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government (2013-2018).
Ironically, it was the last Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regime, which accused the PML-N government of setting up additional power plants, but not a single project was initiated during its four years to further increase the generation capacity to meet the ever growing demand, she stressed. –Agencies
