{"id":162137,"date":"2020-07-30T23:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=162137"},"modified":"2020-07-30T23:33:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:33:39","slug":"corruption-theft-and-mismanagement-intolerable-in-power-sector-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2020\/07\/corruption-theft-and-mismanagement-intolerable-in-power-sector-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption, theft and mismanagement intolerable in power sector: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-162137-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PM-chairs-meeting-to-review-the-reforms-process-in-the-power-sector.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PM-chairs-meeting-to-review-the-reforms-process-in-the-power-sector.mp4\">https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PM-chairs-meeting-to-review-the-reforms-process-in-the-power-sector.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that it was intolerable and unacceptable to make people take the brunt of mismanagement, theft and corruption in the power sector.<\/p>\n<p>Chairing a meeting to review the reforms process in the power sector, the prime minister said the transformation was inevitable for country\u2019s economic stability.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Energy Omar Ayub, Planning Minister Asad Umar and Special Assistants to Prime Minister Nadeem Babar and Shahzad Qasim attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister was briefed on the ongoing reforms process, power supply and demand, modernization of transmission system, reforms in gas sector and efforts for resolution of other chronic issues.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister directed the ministry concerned to furnish an action plan for implementation of the reforms process as per the stipulated time frame.<\/p>\n<p>He also instructed for strict action against the corrupt elements in gas and power departments creating unnecessary difficulties for the consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>APP\/Desk\/HB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Jul 30 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that it was intolerable and unacceptable to make people take the brunt of mismanagement, theft and corruption in the power sector. Chairing a meeting to review the reforms process in the power sector, the prime minister said the transformation was inevitable for country\u2019s economic stability. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PM-chairs-meeting-to-review-the-reforms-process-in-the-power-sector.mp4"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-339-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162144,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162137\/revisions\/162144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}