PM asks Hafeez Sheikh to solve circular debt

The Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. – File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday asked the Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh to hold meetings with all stakeholders and resolve the circular debt issue. 

Gilani gave the direction in a meeting with the Secretary Petroleum Imtiaz Qazi and MD PSO Irfan Qureshi at the PM House.

He directed Sheikh to discuss the issue with the Secretaries of Petroleum, Water and Power and Railways at the earliest and to come up with a solution.

The Secretary Petroleum briefed the prime minister about the circular debt issue and the energy supply and demand situation.