ISLAMABAD: As many as 0.5 percent of the cost of energy projects would be set aside for security agencies to help them beef up security of transmission lines and power installations and thwart terrorist attacks.
The government will recover from power consumers the cost of security cover being provided to Chinese engineers and other foreign officials working on energy projects in the country. Earlier the Pak Army had taken over the responsibility of providing security to Chinese engineers, officers and workers in an effort to address Beijing’s concerns over the threat faced by its nationals.
He said that the amount would be used to reimburse the security agencies that were forming nine battalions for providing security cover to the foreign personnel working in the country.
During the meeting, the Ministry of Water and Power shared salient features of the new Power Generation Policy 2015. According to the policy, solicited projects will be awarded after competitive bidding, which will be recommended by the provincial, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan governments.
