Federal cabinet approves to place names of four people on ECL

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - On the recommendation of the Interior Ministry, the federal cabinet approved to place the names of four people on the exit control list (ECL).

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the meeting that decided to install only indigenous fuel power plants in future to meet the growing electricity requirements of the country.

Earlire, the meeting was given a detailed briefing on the current loadshedding in the country.

Talking to the media after the meeting, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the cabinet had approved to remove the names of five people from the ECL, allowing them to go abroad.

She said that the existing electricity generation capacity is 23,900 megawatts while the demand reached the historic level of 30,000 megawatts last month. She regretted the ongoing power projects were delayed by the PTI government.