{"id":68749,"date":"2020-08-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68749"},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T12:41:16","slug":"pm-receives-briefing-uplift-schemes-power-projects-underway-merged-tribal-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-receives-briefing-uplift-schemes-power-projects-underway-merged-tribal-districts.html","title":{"rendered":"PM receives briefing on uplift schemes, power projects underway in ex-FATA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday received a briefing on the uplift schemes and power project underway in the merged tribal districts (ex-FATA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-100bn-to-be-spend-annually-on-ex-fata-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt to spend PKR 100bn annually on development of ex-Fata region<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairing a meeting to this effect, the PM directed the authorities concerned on timely issuance of funds for the infrastructure development in the merged tribal districts. The meeting discussed the implementation of the wheeling regime within the power sector, payments of net hydel profits, proposed amendment in the power sector policy 2015, provincial representation within the departments concerned of the energy sector, and matters related to the Chashma Right Bank Canal project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the issue of the wheeling regime, PM Khan ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to resolve the issues of its implementation at the earliest in consultation with the stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the representation of the provinces in the boards of directors of the institutions concerned within the power sector. Furthermore, the PM asked for finalising the procedure on payments of net hydel profits. To this effect, he issued orders to the ministries of energy and finance, along with the KP government and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). For the amendment in the Power Policy 2015, he said that the Cabinet Committee on Energy should consider the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/electronic-tendering-system-uplift-schemes-introduced-kps-tribal-areas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electronic Tendering System for uplift schemes to be introduced in KP\u2019s tribal areas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Khan also ordered to complete the feasibility study of the Chashma Right Bank Canal project within six months. He added that the project was significant for the socioeconomic development of KP \u2013 especially the development of agriculture in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday received a briefing on the uplift schemes and power project underway in the merged tribal districts (ex-FATA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a news source reported. Read: Govt to spend PKR 100bn annually on development of ex-Fata region Chairing a meeting to this effect, the PM directed the authorities concerned on timely issuance of funds for the infrastructure development in the merged tribal districts. The meeting discussed the implementation of the wheeling regime within the power sector, payments of net hydel profits, proposed amendment in the power sector policy 2015, provincial representation within the departments concerned of the energy sector, and matters related to the Chashma Right Bank Canal project. On the issue of the wheeling regime, PM Khan ordered the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to resolve the issues of its implementation at the earliest in consultation with the stakeholders. He stressed the representation of the provinces in the boards of directors of the institutions concerned within the power sector. Furthermore, the PM asked for finalising the procedure on payments of net hydel profits. To this effect, he issued orders to the ministries of energy and finance, along with the KP&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,20385],"tags":[36098],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-pm-receives-briefing-on-uplift-schemes-power-projects-underway-in-ex-fata","10":"cat-15012-id","11":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uplift schemes, power projects in merged tribal districts - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PM Imran Khan on Wednesday received a briefing on the uplift schemes and power project underway in the merged tribal districts (ex-FATA) of (KP).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-receives-briefing-uplift-schemes-power-projects-underway-merged-tribal-districts.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uplift schemes, power projects in merged tribal districts - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PM Imran Khan on Wednesday received a briefing on the uplift schemes and power project underway in the merged tribal districts (ex-FATA) of (KP).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-receives-briefing-uplift-schemes-power-projects-underway-merged-tribal-districts.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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