ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The ministry of water and power has taken back two of the three key positions it had awarded to Naveed Ismail, a former managing director of Karachi Electric Supply Company, and given them to two joint secretaries, it emerged on Tuesday.

For several months, Mr Ismail held three key posts — head of Generation Holding Company, a state-run entity looking after the operations of three Gencos of Wapda, managing director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) and managing director of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco).

He will continue to work as chief operating officer of the Generation Holding Company. But two other posts he held have now been given to Musaddiq Khan and Shabbir Ahmad.

Mr Khan, who was recently posted as joint secretary for power, will now look after the affairs of the NTDC on an ‘additional charge basis’.

The ministry has already notified the appointment of Mr Ahmad, another joint secretary, as managing director of the defunct Pepco by withdrawing the post from Mr Ismail.

Mr Ahmad will be responsible for resolution of the pending issues of Pepco, which was dissolved about a year ago.

It may be mentioned that Mr Ismail’s remuneration package has been questioned by the board of directors of the Genco Holding Company.