Shaikh appointed Nepra’s Member Law

Business Recorder reported that Ghulamullah Shaikh has been chosen by the federal government as Member (Law) at the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), with the appointment effective immediately. The tenure is set at three years, beginning from the appointment.

A notice from the Cabinet Secretariat's Establishment Division, dated August 12, 2026, places the appointment under a specific clause of the Electric Power Act, 1997. Pay will be a monthly amount equal to the median of the MP-I scale, plus admissible prerequisites, and the term will continue for three years unless the government orders otherwise.

With this addition, the authority's membership has increased to three. The report noted that the Balochistan position is still vacant.