{"id":9709,"date":"2026-08-06T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9709"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:33:21","slug":"prime-minister-directs-effective-strategy-to-attract-investors-in-discos-privatization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9709","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Directs Effective Strategy to Attract Investors in DISCOs\u2019 Privatization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Prime Minister <strong>Shehbaz Sharif<\/strong> has directed authorities to adopt an effective strategy to encourage investor participation in the privatization process of <strong>power distribution companies (DISCOs)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairing a review meeting on the privatization of DISCOs and the restructuring of the <strong>Privatization Commission<\/strong>, the Prime Minister emphasized that the interests of consumers must remain the top priority throughout the privatization process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed that all stages of DISCOs\u2019 privatization should be completed within the stipulated timeframe and in a manner that ensures profitability. He also ordered that ongoing institutional reforms and restructuring of the Privatization Commission be completed within one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prime Minister further instructed that internationally recognized financial, legal, and information technology experts should be included in the Privatization Commission to strengthen its capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also stressed the need to ensure that recommendations from highly professional and experienced consultants are incorporated into the privatization process to make it transparent, efficient, and aligned with international standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to adopt an effective strategy to encourage investor participation in the privatization process of power distribution companies..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439471_9431031_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9711,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9709\/revisions\/9711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}