Power Minister Khurram Dastgir on Friday said Pakistanis should be expectant of voting in a new government by November 10, affirming that 2023 was an election year. Meanwhile, there have been divergent statements from the coalition government’s leaders regarding the holding of general elections in October. Recently, PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari had categorically said that the elections would only be held with his nod. Regarding Pakistan’s energy mix, he said no new energy generation facilities would be based on imported fuel such as oil, coal and gas. We are now focused on domestic sources of energy: solar, wind, hydel, coal and nuclear energy, he said.

Source: The Nation June 16, 2023 18:16 UTC