ISLAMABAD, Oct 3 (APP):Minister for Power Umar Ayub Khan Thursday said the previous government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) was responsible for the latest increase in electricity tariff as it signed expensive power purchase agreements with private companies.
Addressing a press conference here, he said the PML-N government did not increase tariff for 18 months before the election.
The PML-N government did not timely increase power tariff amounting to Rs 226 billion as it wanted to get votes in the elections, adding now the nation was suffering due to wrong policies of PML-N.
“I repeatedly said in the National Assembly, Senate, Standing Committees and media that PML-N was responsible for the tariff hikes.”
He said the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet had approved the power tariff increase of Rs 0.30 per unit and federal cabinet would ratify it in its meeting.
Umar said the tariff increase would not have any financial impact on those 75 percent of consumers who use less than 300 units of electricity per month.
