Lawmakers say power sector staff involved in corruption.

ISLAMABAD -- Government and opposition lawmakers Wednesday unanimously deplored performance of power sector alleging that employees of the sector were involved in corrupt practices.

Parliamentarians from PML-N and JUI-F staged a walkout from the meeting of National Assembly committee on energy to protest stoppage of funds, execution and inauguration of gas schemes. During the meeting, PTI MNA Asad Omer said all three MNA's from Islamabad needed to stage protest against ministry of energy.

In the National Assembly Standing Committee on Energy meeting, which was chaired by MNA Imran Khattak, the parliamentarians from both government and opposition benches alleged that federal minister for energy was not paying heed to their issues.

The members from PML-N were of the view that previous government had approved gas schemes during its tenure and 80 per cent work on these schemes had been completed.

They said the work on these schemes had also been halted now in their constituencies and funds for these projects were not being released. They further said that PTI lawmakers were inaugurating some of their schemes.

Energy Minister Omar Ayub said that it was domain of the federal government that any executive could inaugurate these schemes.

The PML-N lawmakers protested over stoppage of funds for their projects. Murtaza Javed Abassi said the PTI government had not released funds for their projects.

'Funds have been stopped even for those projects where 80 percent work is complete, while funds are being provided to the constituencies of PTI parliamentarians,' said MNA Muhammad Barjees Tahir.

As a protest against PTI government and minister for power's behavior, MNAs from PML-N and JUI-F boycotted committee's proceedings. They alleged PTI government of bulldozing the standing committees.

Federal Minister for Power Omer Ayub Khan said that all schemes will be completed.

Secretary Power informed the committee that officials of power sector and some parliamentarians were involved in power theft.

PTI MNA Noor Alam Khan said that parliamentarians were not criminals because criminals were sitting in the power sector .

Criticising the energy minister, Noor Alam Khan said, 'I visited office of federal minister for energy but he didn't meet me. He is also not attending my calls'. 'You are MNA and I am also MNA,' he said.

Deploring performance of PTI government, MNA Noor Alam Khan said some faults were willfully created in electricity supply and questioned what...

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