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Pakistan Forms High-Level Task Force to Draft Waste-to-Energy Policy

The move signals a unified push to draw private investment into turning municipal waste into power.

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.