ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Friday raised serious fiduciary questions over foreign-funded multimillion-dollar projects in the housing and solar energy sectors of Sindh and mega national projects in the transmission sector.

The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Senator Saifullah Abro, expressed concerns over the handling of major public welfare projects, including the Sindh Solar Energy Project (SSEP), housing schemes under foreign funding, and multiple transmission and infrastructure projects, according to an official announcement.

Senators Haji Hidayatullah Khan, Falak Naz, Kamran Murtaza, Rahat Jamali, Kamil Ali Agha, Dr Afnan Ullah Khan, and Saifullah Sarwar Khan Nyazee attended.

The committee discussed the project, under which solar systems are distributed to households consuming less than 100 units of electricity. Officials reported that only 23,000 solar systems had already been distributed out of a planned 200,000.

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Mr Abro expressed dissatisfaction over the officials’ lack of transparency and........

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