{"id":103241,"date":"2026-03-06T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103241"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:07:53","slug":"sardar-awais-leghari-alparslan-bayraktar-hold-virtual-meeting-on-pakistan-power-sector-privatization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sardar-awais-leghari-alparslan-bayraktar-hold-virtual-meeting-on-pakistan-power-sector-privatization\/","title":{"rendered":"Sardar Awais Leghari, Alparslan Bayraktar hold virtual meeting on Pakistan power sector privatization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari held an online meeting with T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar to discuss cooperation in the energy sector, particularly the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-to-re-assess-privatization-of-power-distribution-companies-discos\/\"> privatization of power distribution companies (DISCOs)<\/a> in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Awais Leghari briefed his Turkish counterpart on the ongoing reforms in Pakistan\u2019s power sector and highlighted the investment opportunities available for international investors.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that Pakistan is keen to involve experienced global investors in the privatization of its distribution companies.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that the participation of experienced Turkish companies would be highly valuable in improving efficiency and performance in Pakistan\u2019s power sector.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked Turkish institutions and experts for their close cooperation and support during the privatization process. On the occasion, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar stated that investors from T\u00fcrkiye are closely monitoring the privatization process in Pakistan\u2019s power sector.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that Turkish investors would participate in the privatization process at an appropriate level. Bayraktar further assured that T\u00fcrkiye would extend full cooperation to Pakistan in the privatization of its power sector.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides also discussed the possibility of organizing a forum to bring together Pakistani representatives and Turkish investors to explore potential partnerships and investment opportunities in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting reflects the growing cooperation between Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye in the field of energy and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari held an online meeting with T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar to discuss cooperation in the energy sector, particularly the privatization of power distribution companies (DISCOs) in Pakistan. During the meeting, Awais Leghari briefed his Turkish counterpart on the ongoing reforms in Pakistan\u2019s power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":103242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[12582,30467],"class_list":["post-103241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-power-sector-privatization","tag-sardar-awais-leghari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103244,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103241\/revisions\/103244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}