The Finance Ministry issued a clarification on Wednesday, saying the two Chinese engineers killed in KarachiR17;s terrorist attack on Sunday night were not involved in independent power producer (IPP) talks with the government.
The statement comes a day after Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, in a televised address, said, “These were our brothers, these were those IPP engineers with whom Minister Leghari – Awais Leghari sahab- and I were negotiating with in terms of requesting them to reprofile debt for a bit and extend maturities so we can bring a reduction in tariff.”
The clarification by the Finance Ministry said: “The government has been negotiating with IPPs, including the power plant for which both the Chinese engineers worked. However, the deceased engineers were not involved in the IPP talks.”