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title: "Senate panel raises concerns over Dasu-Islamabad transmission project"
description: "Both outlets reported that the Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs expressed concerns about financial irregularities and delays in the Dasu-Islamabad 765kV transmission line project. The Business Recorder emphasized the committee's \"concern over malfeasance, delays\" and noted a specific amount of Rs9 billion, while The Nation highlighted \"huge financial irregularities\" and \"slow progress.\" Both led with the committee’s dissatisfaction but used slightly different phrasing to describe the issues."
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# Senate panel raises concerns over Dasu-Islamabad transmission project

business · latest filing 5 Sep 2026, 1:15 PM PKT · 5 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that the Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs expressed concerns about financial irregularities and delays in the Dasu-Islamabad 765kV transmission line project. The Business Recorder emphasized the committee's "concern over malfeasance, delays" and noted a specific amount of Rs9 billion, while The Nation highlighted "huge financial irregularities" and "slow progress." Both led with the committee’s dissatisfaction but used slightly different phrasing to describe the issues.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Profit** — [Senate panel flags Rs9 billion interest cost, delays in Dasu-Islamabad transmission line](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/05/senate-panel-flags-rs9-billion-interest-cost-delays-in-dasu-islamabad-transmission-line) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:15 PM PKT
  > Committee says Rs9 billion paid in interest against Rs76 billion received from donors; questions slow construction, procurement and spending as Rs12 billion in fresh funds released
- **The Nation** — [Senate panel flags financial irregularities, slow progress on Dasu-Islamabad transmission project](https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Sep-2026/senate-panel-flags-financial-irregularities-slow-progress-dasu-islamabad-transmission-project) · 5 Sep 2026, 6:57 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the huge financial irregularities and pace of construction of the 765kV Dasu-Islamabad Transmission Line Project, describing the progress as very slow.
- **Business Recorder** — [765kV Dasu-Islamabad project: Senate panel voices its concerns over malfeasance, delays](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438008/765kv-dasu-islamabad-project-senate-panel-voices-its-concerns-over-malfeasance-delays) · 5 Sep 2026, 5:14 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday expressed concern over delays and financial irregularities in the Dasu-Islamabad 765kV transmission line project, noting that Rs9 billion had been paid as interest against Rs76 billion received from donors. The Committee met under the chairmanship of Senator Saifullah Abro, with Senator Kamran Murtaza attending virtually, an...

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- [Senate committee calls for probe into Dasu-Islamabad Transmission Line irregularities](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4588-irregularities-in-dasu-islamabad-transmission-line-project) · 25 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 82% related

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