PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has appointed Engineer Anwarul Haq as the new Chief Executive Officer of Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO), a subsidiary of the Energy and Power Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to a notification of the Energy & Power Department, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has appointed Engineer Anwarul Haq as the new Chief Executive Officer of PEDO. His appointment has been made for a period of 3 years. Engineer Anwarul Haq has 37 years of extensive experience in the energy sector. He has served in many key positions, including General Manager and Project Director in the 4320 MW Dasu Hydropower Project of WAPDA.
PESCO, PEDO sign agreement for sale of electricity from Koto Hydropower Project
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has achieved another important milestone in the energy sector by signing an agreement with the federal agency Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) for the sale of electricity after the successful completion of the 40.8 MW Koto Hydropower Project in Lower Dir district. On one hand, the Koto Hydropower Project will generate 207 gigawatts of cheap electricity annually, and on the other hand, this important project will generate an annual revenue of Rs. 2 billion for the province.
In this regard, a special ceremony was held at WAPDA House Peshawar to sign a Power Acquisition Contract between the federal energy department Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) and the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO), a subsidiary of the provincial energy and power department, for the sale of electricity generated from the Koto Hydropower Project.
Moreover, Special Assistant to Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Energy Engineer Tariq Sadozai, former provincial minister and chairman of PESCO Board Himayat ullah Khan, Secretary Energy and Power Zubair Khan, Chief Executive, PESCO Akhtar Hameed, Chief Engineer PEDO Aziz Bacha, Director General Mirad Atif Jawad participated in the ceremony.
While delivering the opening remarks at the beginning of the ceremony, Special Assistant on Energy Engineer Tariq Sadozai termed the completion of the Koto Hydropower Project as a historic achievement towards the stabilization of the province’s economy and said that on the one hand, this project will generate environment-friendly and cheap electricity, and on the other hand, it will help in overcoming the power crisis faced by the supply of electricity in the national grid.
Sadozai appreciated the efforts of Secretary Energy and all officers of PEDO, Directors PEDO Faraz Khan, Syed Asif Raza, Junaid Iqbal, Muqeem Uddin and Project Director Sultan Room in the sale of electricity and expressed hope that the agreements for the sale of electricity generated from other completed power projects of PEDO will be successfully concluded.
