Senate panel to summon KE chief through police

The Senate Standing Committee on Power on Monday unanimously decided to summon through police the chief executive officer (CEO) of K-Electric and to move a privilege motion against him for continuous abstention from meetings of the panel. At the outset of the meeting presided over by Senator Saifullah Abro, the committee expressed its displeasure over the non-participation of K-Electric CEO Syed Moonis Abdullah Alvi in the committee meetings. Mr Abro said that the KE’s CEO had also stayed away from the previous meeting during which he was instructed to attend the next meeting and brief the committee on questions raised by members. The KE representative and the senior officers of the Power Division were told to ensure his presence but in vain. “If such hooliganism happens, it will not continue”, Mr Abro said, adding that he will use the option of summoning him through the police. After the mutual consensus of the members, the committee wrote a letter to the Senate chairman with a request to issue the summon notice to the K- Electric chief executive. The committee also unanimously decided to move a privilege motion against Mr Alvi on his absence from the committee.