Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood has described electricitypurchase agreements signed during the previous Awami League government with India, foreign entities, and private companies as a serious threat to the country’s independence and sovereignty. He said the nation’s freedom and sovereignty are closely linked to the power sector, yet the former government repeatedly signed contracts that went against national interests without giving the matter due consideration. Speaking to journalists at his of?ce in the Secretariat in the capital recently, the minister addressed issues including the country’s electricity situation, the energy crisis, lique?ed natural gas (LNG) imports, and arrears owed to private power producers.
on power purchase agreements (PPAs), Mr Mahmood said sovereignty is directly tied to such contracts, and in many cases, the nation’s sovereignty itself is effectively pledged as a guarantee.