PM announces 3-month relief electricity consumers

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a Rs50 billion package to provide a relief of up to Rs7 per unit to around 25 million domestic consumers falling in the protected category for three months till September

PM announces Rs 50 billion has been allocated to provide relief

Today, an amount of Rs50 billion has been allocated to provide a relief of Rs 4-7 per unit as a concession to our protected category consumers using up to 200 units a month for a three-month period from July to September.

This will benefit around 25 million domestic power consumers which constitute around 94% of the total consumer base,” the prime minister said addressing a ceremony held to discuss the prevailing issues related to electricity bills and reforms in the power sector

He said that the federal government had scraped the said amount from its development budget to realize its commitment to public relief, contrary to the hollow claims of the previous governments

He also assured the people of further relief as the government got a fiscal space consequent to its ongoing measures of taxing the elite class, expanding the tax net, closing the non-performing entities, and plugging the holes causing financial leakages

He told the gathering of federal ministers and senior government officers that during its previous 16-month stint, the coalition government saved the country from default by putting its politics at stake