Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also took strict notice of the increasing complaints of overbilling of protected customers and ordered legal action once morest overbilling officers and staff.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi issued orders to all directors of FIA.
Taking notice, Mohsin Naqvi said that the injustice done to the customers using 200 units should be remedied, deliberately including protected customers in the non-protected category is a criminal act, which cannot be allowed at all.
The Prime Minister’s order to take action once morest those who put extra units in the bills of electricity consumers
I don’t even have a wife and children, Sheikh Rasheed burst out when the electricity bill was high
The citizens of Peshawar got a shock of how many crores in electricity over-billing?
The Federal Interior Minister further said that the FIA should review the entire situation and take action once morest those responsible in the light of the facts without discrimination, it is not acceptable to include protected customers in the list of non-protected customers, protected category from over-billing. The switch has put an additional burden of crores of rupees on consumers, with protected customers already suffering.
According to sources, the increase in basic electricity tariff is proposed to be implemented from July 1, 2024. The tariff will remain at Rs 3.95 per unit for Lifeline customers up to 50 units per month, for Lifeline customers from 51 to 100 units per month. Therefore, the tariff per unit will remain at Rs 7.74.
It may be recalled that last week the government increased the basic electricity tariff by implementing another important condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the federal cabinet approved the increase in the basic electricity tariff through circulation.
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2024-07-09 09:45:14
