{"id":92682,"date":"2025-12-02T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=92682"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:47:13","slug":"pakistan-targets-international-bidders-for-power-distribution-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-targets-international-bidders-for-power-distribution-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks Turkish participation in upcoming Power DISCOs  Privatisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking forward to the participation of experienced and reputable international private-sector investors in the bidding for the privatization of its<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/automobile\/honda-announces-huge-discounts-on-latest-cars\/\"> Power Distribution Companies (DISCOs)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the participation of T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s companies, with their vast experience, is considered very important.<\/p>\n<p>As per the details, the Federal Minister appreciated the Government of T\u00fcrkiye for providing an opportunity for Pakistan\u2019s power sector experts to study T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s power sector, which is largely driven by the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>He said Pakistan will soon offer its first three DISCOs for privatization, and an Expression of Interest (EOI) for investors is ready to be issued.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, during his meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye, Mr. Alparslan Bayraktar, in Islamabad today.<\/p>\n<p>Appreciating the Turkish model, Sardar Awais Leghari urged closer collaboration between the officials and institutions of both countries during the privatization process. He specifically referred to the concessional model that T\u00fcrkiye has successfully implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, The Federal Minister also stressed the need for Turkish cooperation in training human resources from Pakistan\u2019s power sector institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Sardar Awais Leghari further briefed his counterpart on various reforms and the investment potential within Pakistan\u2019s power sector entities.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Power Division is now working on an Integrated Energy Plan for the country and needs T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s assistance in formulating it, given T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s successful experience in this area.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Minister for Energy expressed his gratitude for the warm hospitality and stated that Turkish investors are keenly following the power sector privatization process in Pakistan. He expressed hope for reasonable participation from Turkish investors.<\/p>\n<p>Agreeing to hold roadshows in T\u00fcrkiye, the Turkish Minister also offered to utilize the Turkish Investment Forum for this purpose, assuring full cooperation. He stated that the Pakistani power market is very important, as T\u00fcrkiye is already a major investor in various sectors in Pakistan, including mining, which is closely linked to the power sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking forward to the participation of experienced and reputable international private-sector investors in the bidding for the privatization of its Power Distribution Companies (DISCOs). In this regard, the participation of T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;s companies, with their vast experience, is considered very important. As per the details, the Federal Minister appreciated the Government of T\u00fcrkiye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":92683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10623,32657,32658],"class_list":["post-92682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-turkiye","tag-pakistan-is-looking-investors","tag-power-distribution-companies-discos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92682","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92686,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92682\/revisions\/92686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}