IPPs ‘razakaarana tor par’ hukoomat ke sath muahiday khatam karne se sarfeen ko salana 60 arab rupay ki bachat

Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne Jumeraat ko kaha ke paanch khudmukhtar power producers (IPPs) ne hukumati ahkaam ke sath lambay guftagu ke baad “razakaarana tor par” federal hukoomat ke sath apne bijli kharidari ke muahiday mansookh karne par ittifaq kiya hai, jo mehngai se mutasir consumer ko salana 60 arab rupay ka relief fraham kar rahe hain.

Wazir-e-Azam ne cabinet se khitaab karte hue kaha, “Razakaarana tor par hukoomat ke sath apne muahiday ko qabal-az-waqt khatam karne par ittifaq karte hue, in paanch IPPs ne apne mufadaat par mulki mufadaat ko tarjeeh di.”

“Paanch khudmukhtar power producers ke sath ‘Take or Pay’ ke muahiday mukammal tor par khatam kar diye gaye hain, aur wo baghair kisi sood ke sirf hukoomat ki taraf se wajib-ul-ada raqam wasool karenge.”

Federal hukoomat par mulk bhar mein hone walay shor sharabay ke baad IPPs ke sath apne bijli kharidari ke muahiday (PPA) par nazar sani karne ke liye kafi dabao tha, kyun ke capacity payments charges mein izafa bijli ke billon ko mehngai ke bojh tale dabe awaam ki istitaat se bahar kar raha tha.

Wazir-e-Azam ne kaha ke pehle marhale mein paanch IPPs hukoomat ke sath muahiday khatam kar rahe hain. Magar, doosray IPPs ke sath PPA par nazar sani ke baad tariff mein daryaft aur zyada kami aaye gi, jis se qoumi khazana ko salana 411 arab rupay ki bachat hogi, jo ke nagdi ki kami se dochar mulk ke liye mazeed mali ghoonjaysh paida karegi.

Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz ne kaha: “Mehngai ki shara [pichlay saal ke isi maheenay mein] 30 feesad se zyada thi, ab yeh 6.9 feesad hai.”

Wazir-e-Azam ne paanch IPPs ki tareef karte hue kaha ke yeh awaam ko relief dene ki koshish mein pehli boondain hain.

Ek ahlkaar, jo ke power sector par task force ka hissa tha, ne bataya ke tareeqay tayar kiye ja rahe hain, aur ek dafa finalization ke baad, paanch IPPs muahiday ko khatam karne ke liye dastawaiz par dastawez karenge.

Yeh taraqqi Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz ki hukoomat ki taraf se guzishta maheenay IPPs ke malikaan ko razakaarana tor par bijli kharidari ke muahiday (PPA) khatam karne mein nakami par “nataij” se khabar daar karne ke baad samnay aayi.

“Mujh samait poori cabinet in IPP malkaan ki shukar guzar hai,” unho ne mazeed kaha ke power sector mein islaahat ke liye qaim ki gayi task force aur federal cabinet ke araakeen is koshish par tareef ke mustahiq hain.

Unho ne samandar paar Pakistanion ki jaanib se tarseelaat-e-zar mein record izafay ko bhi ujagar kiya. “Pichli si maahi mein 8.8 billion dollar ki record tarseelaat hukoomat ki policies par samandar paar Pakistanion ke aitmaad ki aks hai.”

Cabinet ke ijtima ke dauran task force aur IPPs ke malkaan bishumul Hubco, Saba Power, Lal Pir, Atlas Power aur Rousch Power, ke darmiyan muahiday ki tafseelaat aur un ke sath muahiday ko mukammal karne ke amal ki tafseelaat cabinet ke samnay pesh ki gayi.

In IPPs mein se, Rousch Power ko “Build, Operate, and Transfer” ke muahiday ke tehat qaim kiya gaya tha, jismein milkiyat hukoomat ko transfer hone ke baad privatization commission us ki nijaakri karega.

Dosri chaar IPPs ki milkiyat un ke malkaan ke paas rahegi jabke moahida khatam hone ke baad hukoomat ki jaanib se koi adaigi nahi ki jaye gi.

Hubco ka kehna hai ke hukoomati power deal waqt se pehle khatam ho rahi hai

Darmiyan mein, mulk ki sab se barri private utility, Hub Power Company Limited, ne Jumeraat ko hukoomat ke apne generation project se bijli kharidne ke muahiday ke qabal-az-waqt khatam hone ka inkishaaf kiya.

Hukoomat aur market operator Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPAG) ne 1 October tak company ki baqaya wasooliyon ka tasfiya karne par ittifaq kiya, is ne Pakistan Stock Exchange ko ek notice mein bataya.

Guzishta maheenay, Wazir Baraye Tawanai (Power Division) Owais Laghari ne bataya ke hukoomat bijli ke rates par lagam lagane ke liye azaad producers ke sath dobara mozakraat kar rahi hai kyun ke gharelo aur karobar energy ke barhtay hue kharachat ke neeche dabay hue hain.

Company ne kaha ke is ke board ne “ziyada tar qoumi mufad mein” uthaye gaye ek iqdam mein March 2027 ki ibtidaai tareekh ke bajaye 1 October ki tezi se muqaadma khatam hone ki tareekh ki manzoori di.”

Ek dehai qabal, Pakistan ne bijli ki daimi qillat se nimatne ke liye azaad power producers (IPPs) ke darjanon private mansoobon ki manzoori di, jin mein ziada tar ghair mulki qarz dainay walon ke zariye mali imdaad faraham ki gayi.

Magar ye deals, jin mein khas tor par imtiyazati sharaayit hoti hain jaise ke aala guaranteed returns aur na istemal honay wali bijli ke liye bhi adaigi ka wada, aakhir kar muashi bohran ke sabab consumption mein kami ke baad zyada capacity ka nateeja sabit hui.

Funds ki kami ke baad, hukoomat ne in muqarrar kharajaat aur capacity payments ko consumers ke bills mein shaamil kiya, jis se gharelo consumers aur industrial units ke ehtijaaj ko janam diya.

July mein IMF ke sath 7-arab dollar ke bailout ke liye staff-level ke ek ahem moahiday ke liye hone wali guftagu mein bijli ke in deals par nazar sani ki zarurat ek ahem masla tha.

Pakistan ne Cheen par wajib-ul-ada power sector ke qarzon ki re-profiling aur idaaron ki islaahaat par guftagu shuru ki hai, magar taraqqi sust rahi hai. Hukoomat ne power sector ki subsidy ko rokne ka bhi azm kiya hai.

Aham Qadam Agay

Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) ke Sadr Patron-in-Chief SM Tanveer ne Jumeraat ko kaha ke United Business Group (UBG) ki janib se 107 IPP contracts ke sath masail hal karne ki koshishain rang laayi hain, aur pehlay paanch contracts cabinet ki manzoori ke baad aaj band ho jayeinge.

Tanveer ne IPP ke muahidon par nazar sani kar ke Pakistan ke muashi aur samaji istehkaam ko yaqini banane ke liye task force ki tareef karte hue kaha, “Yeh ek ahem qadam hai, is baat ko madde nazar rakhtay hue ke yeh IPPs barson se kam se kam bijli paida karne ke bawajood salana 100 billion rupay capacity charges wasool kar rahe hain.”

Unho ne mazeed kaha, “IPP muahidon ki kamiyab dobara guftagu Pakistan ke energy sector ke challenges se nimatne aur mulk ke mazeed paayedaar mustaqbil ko yaqini banane ki janib ek ahem qadam hoga.”