Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Standing Committee on Power met here at the Parliament House on Monday under the Chairmanship of Senator Mohsin Aziz.

The committee discussed in detail the 207 MW Madyan and 88 MW Gabral hydropower projects, along with other energy initiatives. The Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Energy informed that land worth Rs. 5 billion had already been purchased for these projects, and both physical and financial progress had been made. However, the federal government had removed them from the IGCEP project list, said a press release.

Federal Minister for Power, Awais Ahmad Leghari, clarified that KP authorities did not fully present the CCI-approved power policy, and citing a s...