ISLAMABAD, AUG 26 (DNA) — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the power distribution companies to revise the electricity bills of up to 200 units within 24 hours adjusting the relief under the fuel adjustment charge (FAC) announced by the government.
The prime minister, who chaired a high level meeting to address the issues faced by the power consumers, also constituted a committee on the subject’. He instructed that the staffers of the distribution companies should work round the clock to ensure the revision of electricity bills. He asked the authorities concerned to cancel the leaves of all the staffers and present him a compliance report immediately.
The prime minister said that the banks should also be directed to remain open in the coming days to enable the consumers pay their revised electricity bills. The meeting was told that the implementation of the relief package announced by the prime minister was being ensured. The electricity bills of around 16.6 million were being corrected to provide them the relief under fuel price adjustment.
The prime minister instructed the authorities concerned to ensure the execution of the relief measures announced by the government. Later, addressing a press conference Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has informed that a committee has been formed to contemplate on providing relief to power consumers using 200 to 300 units while announcing that no fuel adjustment charges will be taken from 56% electricity users.
The finance minister said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had formed a committee to look into the matter as how the consumers using between 200 and 300 units could be facilitated. Miftah said that the power consumers got fuel adjustment charges for the month of May. The electricity which was produced in May was very pricey, he added.
He clarified that those who had not yet paid the electricity bills would be issued with corrected ones without fuel price adjustment. He said those who had already paid the bills, the adjustment would be made in September bills.
He assured that the government would not take fuel adjustment charges from 56% electricity users. He said Pakistan intended to install solar power projects of 8,000 megawatts which would help bring down the prices of electricity. =DNA
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