NA body directs PC to provide criteria for privatisation of govt entities.

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly's Standing Committee on Privatisation on Thursday directed the Privatisation Commission to provide criteria for privatisation of government entities.

Meeting of the Standing Committee on Privatization was held on Thursday in Privatization Division under the chairmanship of Syed Mustafa Mahmud, MNA, for briefing on Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC) Taxila as well as comprehensive briefing on vision and further three years plan of the Ministry of Privatisation.

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Production, gave detailed briefing on HEC. He informed that HEC was established by GOP to manufacture power transformers exclusively for WAPDA/KESC then dependent on imported transformers. It is the only one in the public sector and one of two power transformer manufacturers in pakistan. It also has an un-matching elaborate set up for rehabilitation of heavy power transformers.

The Committee was further informed that in the very beginning, working capital was short provided to the company by GOP. Mostly the orders are without advance; price escalation is not allowed and payments by DISCOs against HEC supplies are delayed. Moreover, an amount of Rs. 382 million has been deducted by WAPDA/NTDC/DISCOs so far on account of LDs. Substantial amount remains stuck-up with FBR on account of Income Tax and Sales Tax Refunds -...

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