The country’s premier intelligence agency has proposed short- and long-term measures to bring down unbearable electricity bills, including waiver of all consumer taxes using 400 units monthly and diversion of Rs 90 billion from the PM discretionary fund for power subsidy.
According to a report by the agency, Pakistan is facing an unprecedented increase in power rates, exacerbated by increasing inflation, and the alarming increase in the rates of electricity has left people facing pressing economic uncertainties and triggered public protests. The agency has prompted the caretaker government to intervene and take action to provide immediate relief.
The agency contended that the urgent demand for immediate relief measures had exposed the vulnerabilities within the power sector infrastructure and posed a significant challenge for the interim government in efficiently managing this escalating crisis.
