Govt to provide Rs55b relief to consumers in electricity bills

Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir has said a relief of 55 billion rupees has been provided to consumers in electricity bills on the special directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

He said this while talking to Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Islamabad on Wednesday, Radio Pakistan reported.

The minister said the flood-affected people are being given a relief of 10 billion rupees in electricity bills.

In his remarks, the NA speaker emphasised the need for collective efforts to address the problems faced by the country including that of energy crisis. He stressed that priority should be given to renewable energy projects including that of solar to provide relief to the consumers in electricity bills.

He said effective legislation is also being done by the parliament to address the public problems.