Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to immediately suspend officials and officers of the power distribution companies, involved in charging excess units in the electricity bills of the consumers.
Chairing a meeting regarding reforms of Power Sector and Solarization in Islamabad on Saturday, he instructed the Federal Investigation Agency to initiate an inquiry against such officials. He said the anti-public officers and officials, committing accesses by falsely adding extra units to the electricity bill, should be punished.
The Prime Minister said elements involved in charging excess units tin the bills of protected consumers of below two hundred units and including them to the unprotected category, should be exposed before the nation.
He also advised to expedite the steps to generate electricity from renewable sources as the country can no longer afford to generate electricity from imported fuel.
Shehbaz Sharif said power generation from low-cost renewable sources will provide relief to consumers in bills.
Besides, he directed the Power Division to immediately close the inefficient state-owned power generation plants that produce expensive electricity with imported fuel.
The Prime Minister said the entire world is generating electricity from renewable energy and Pakistan has immense potential to generate electricity from solar energy. He stressed the need to take steps on a priority basis to have full advantage of the potential of solar energy.
