Islamabad: Vice-President Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman on Friday said that the PTI government has taken another U turn as it announced to increase electricity prices by Rs 5.94 percent per unit under the fuel adjustment charges.
In her tweet today , Sherry Rehman said that the extra ordinary raise will add additional burden on the customers.
She said that the government had announced not to increase power tariff until next budget on the pressure of the PPP led awami march.
She said that the increase will burden masses of Rs 58 billion while she said that the government will take another u-turn for petrol prices.
We don’t urge citizens to burn electricity bills,or break the law.But what will the Pakistani citizen do now that a whopping Rs5.94/unit #ElectricityPriceBomb will put a burden of Rs58.5bn on them? Where is the relief package Niazi promised due to the pressure from #AwamiMarch? pic.twitter.com/iQioCtw7rH
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) March 11, 2022
The woman senator said that the government all the relief package are based on lie adding that the people got nothing except disappointment.
She said that we don’t say people to burn electricity bills and breaking laws.
She asked that what happened to the relief package which was announced previous week.
