KARACHI: The Sindh provincial government will ask the Centre to carry out census immediately, reorganise the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and to ensure that K-Electric continued to get 650 megawatts from the national grid.
Taking the decision at a meeting, the provincial government will also demand due water and power share to the province, and transfer of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) power and assets to the provincial commission.
The meeting was held to discuss and finalise the Sindh government’s point of view on matters likely to be discussed at the CCI meeting in Islamabad. The federal government would also be requested to reorganise Ogra by providing equal representation to the provinces.
The meeting expressed reservations on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s demand for bringing amendment to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) Act, 1992 and seeking compensation for non-utilisation of its water and mechanism for use of water rights. It said there was no provision of compensation in the water apportionment accord of 1991 nor was Irsa authorised to calculate / recover compensation thereof.
