ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday demanded of the federal government to replace Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) chief Tariq Sadozai.
The chief minister made the demand in a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday. The federal minister for finance Ishaq Dar and senior minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sirajul Haq were also present in the meeting.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has been protesting against prolonged power outages and had also earlier alleged that Tariq Sadozai was the real problem-maker in the province.
During the meeting with the prime minister, the chief minister also lodged a complaint against the attitude of federal minister of state for water and power Abid Sher Ali who had earlier accused the provincial government of protecting electricity thieves, taking PESCO staff hostage for ransom and provincialising the national energy challenge.
Moreover, the prime minister and the chief minister also discussed matters relating to terrorism and negotiations with banned militant organisation Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as well as other regional issues.
Separately, the blockade of NATO supplies to Afghanistan via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was also deliberated upon.
