{"id":1193,"date":"2026-05-14T17:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:50:18","slug":"pm-shehbaz-approves-task-force-to-formulate-national-waste-to-energy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/?p=1193","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz approves task force to formulate national waste-to-energy policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the formation of a high-level task force to formulate a national policy for waste-to-energy projects aimed at promoting alternative energy generation and improving waste management in Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office on Thursday, the task force will review the existing framework for waste-to-energy initiatives and prepare a comprehensive national policy with a clear strategy, institutional mechanism and implementation roadmap.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full sm:w-full  media--center    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2054961008754786657\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/2054961008754786657\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The government said the policy would focus on encouraging private sector participation and facilitating investment in waste-to-energy projects across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Leghari will serve as the convener of the task force.<\/p>\n<p>The body will also include Federal Minister for Climate Change Musadik Malik, Minister of State for Finance and Railways Bilal Azhar Kayani, federal secretaries for climate change and inter-provincial coordination, as well as secretaries of local government, climate change and energy departments from all four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the private sector have also been included as members of the task force.<\/p>\n<p>The PM Office said the task force would examine international best practices related to waste-to-energy generation and identify legal, regulatory, financial and operational barriers hindering the sector\u2019s growth in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The terms of reference of the task force also include proposing legislation and regulatory reforms to support the development of waste-to-energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the body will recommend measures to improve coordination among stakeholders and facilitate implementation of waste-to-energy initiatives in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the formation of a high-level task force to formulate a national policy for waste-to-energy projects aimed at promoting alternative energy generation and improving waste management in Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office on Thursday, the task force will review the existing framework for waste-to-energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypakistannews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}