ISLAMABAD:

The government has decided to include three more power plants, including two liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fired units, in its privatisation programme and it also plans to continue the uniform electricity price even after the privatisation of three profitable distribution companies.

The government would again include the Jamshoro Power Plant and two LNG-fired plants in the list of entities to be privatised, said Muhammad Ali, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Privatisation, on Tuesday. Earlier, the three entities had been struck off the list due to multiple challenges in the way of outright sale.

Ali was speaking during a consultative session on the privatisation of 10 power distribution companies. The power sector is annually receiving Rs1.2 trillion in subsidies for price diff

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