Estranged PML-N leader urges govt to roll out privatisation agenda in energy sector

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday urged the Shehbaz Sharif government to implement the agenda of privatisation, particularly in the energy sector, as the greater involvement of the private sector is the key to addressing economic crisis. He was addressing as the chief guest at the inaugural session of the 16th CSR Summit and Awards-2024 organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) at a hotel on Wednesday. On this occasion, 77 companies were given awards for their outstanding philanthropic work in the last year for the welfare of the deprived communities in the country. While eulogising the role of private companies in the development of underprivileged communities, the former PM said that privatisation was the only way forward for the new government to overcome the economic crisis as the rulers and bureaucracy couldn’t run the economy as per the requirements of the present day world.