Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a new national body to design a waste-to-energy policy for cleaner cities and new power supply.
- Sardar Awais Leghari, the federal power minister, will convene the task force that will steer the policy effort.
- The membership spans climate and finance leaders, including Musadik Malik and Bilal Azhar Kayani, along with federal and provincial secretaries from all regions, plus private-sector members.
- The group will review current rules, study international models, and pinpoint legal, regulatory, financial, and operational hurdles that slow projects.
- It will propose laws, regulatory fixes, a clear strategy, and an implementation roadmap to attract investment, with no deadline or project list announced yet.