The Ministry of Energy (, Trans. Wazarat-e-Tawanai, abbreviated as: MoE) is a cabinet-level executive ministry of the federal Government of Pakistan that is charged with implementation of the national energy policy and energy production and electricity transmission throughout the country.
The MoE functions are split in two divisions: Petroleum and Power – each independent of its tasks and objectives. The MoE oversees overall domestic hydropower generation, implementing the energy security policies, petroleum and energy production by means of alternative energy sources, and energy conservation.
The MoE is headed by an elected Minister of Energy who is assisted by Minister of States (as its deputies) and secretaries of each division to implement the MoE's policies and works.
In spite of nuclear power serving as a critical component of the energy grid system, the Ministry of Energy does not oversee the nuclear power generation but its responsibility is vested with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
Overview History From 1947 until 2017, the former Ministry of Water and Power (MoWP) was charged with overseeing the energy projects and water resources management. In Pakistan, the word "Power" is used to address energy, energy conservation and production as it deals directly with the subject of electricity, which includes generation, transmission and distribution.
The Ministry of Energy (MoE) was created per the recommendation from the World Bank to "help the federal government to improve coordination in power production and installation of new energy projects under the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Power Division
Responsible for electricity generation, transmission, distribution and policy matters pertaining to these three functions. The MoE funds twenty two public sector companies and two regulatory bodies that works under the Power Division. The Power Division has its own departmental director – the Power Secretary of Pakistan.
Petroleum Division
List of Ministers Ministers of EnergyEntered officeLeft officeSikandar Zaman9 March 198126 February 1985 Zafarullah Khan Jamali10 April 198528 January 1986 Lt-Gen. Jamal Said Mian28 January 198620 December 1986 Abdul Majeed Abid1 February 198715 May 1988 Wazir Ahmad Jogezai15 May 198829 May 1988 Elahi Bux Soomro (Caretaker)9 June 198820 November 1988 Farooq Leghari28 December 19886 August 1990 Ghulam Mustafa Khar (Caretaker) 7 August 19906 November 1990 Shahzada Muhammad Yousaf10 September 199118 July 1993 Khursheed K . Marker (Caretaker)5 August 199319 October 1993Ghulam Mustafa Khar26 January 19945 November 1996Abdullah J. Memon (Caretaker)5 November 199617 February 1997Nisar Ali Khan25 February 199711 July 1997Nadir Pervez11 July 19976 August 1998Gohar Ayub Khan6 August 199810 October 1999Lt-Gen. Muzaffar Hussain Usmani10 October 199923 November 2002Aftab Ahmad Sherpao23 November 200225 August 2004Liaquat Ali Jatoi30 June 200415 November 2007 Tariq Hameed (Caretaker)22 November 200725 March 2008 Pervez Ashraf 31 March 2008 11 February 2011 Naveed Qamar 5 March 2011 2 June 2012 Ahmad Mukhtar 4 June 2012 16 March 2013 Musadik Malik (Caretaker) 3 April 2013 4 June 2013 Muhammad Asif 7 June 2013 28 July 2018Imran Khan18 August 201811 September 2018Omar Ayub 11 September 2018 10 April 2022Khurram Dastgir 19 April 2022 10 August 2023Awais Leghari 18 March 2024 present
See also
Energy policy of Pakistan Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan Alternative Energy Development Board Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) National Engineering Services Pakistan National Transmission & Despatch Company National Electric Power Regulatory Authority Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Power Information Technology Company Water and Power Development Authority Pakistan Electric Power Company
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