Pakistan, Aug. 15 -- The power minister has voiced concerns over the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) for not consulting the Power Division while collecting data on shipbreaking and recycling sector electricity usage for tariff decisions. The ECC recently discussed declaring the shipbreaking and recycling sector an official industry and instructed the Maritime Affairs Division to work with the Power Division on electricity consumption data. However, the power minister stressed that this crucial step was skipped, raising questions about the accuracy of the figures used.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs recalled that Gaddani in Balochistan was once the world's third-largest ship recycling hub. Despite its scale, the sector has long op...
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