Mr Munawar Baseer Ahmad MD of Pakistan Electric Power Company said that it will have an additional electricity of 6,000 MW by 2010-11 as a result of new projects in both public and private sector on fast track basis.

Mr Ahmad said that a new 500 MW power project would be ready by the end of 2008, while another 300 MW project was being rehabilitated by WAPDA. He added that "An open cycle power project of 300 MW was also coming up on fast track basis in the private sector, besides a 700 MW power unit."

He said that Karachi Electric Supply Corporation had to arrange its own power generation to meet the growing demand for Karachi. He added that "If we do not get the payment against the supplied electricity, how can Karachi Electric Supply Corporation expect to get power from us. Karachi Electric Supply Corporation also needs to recover PKR 15 billion from the government departments and PEPCO arrears are more than that amount."

Mr Stefan Hatt VP of ABB said that "Pakistan needs to go for gas fired power plants which are economical and needs lesser time for commissioning."