(24News) Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman demanded from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to reduce inflation and changes in electricity tariff and said that if Punjab can provide relief to the people in electricity, then why Sindh government cannot.
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami said during a press conference in Karachi that (N) League and PPP have sunk the ship of the country, Nawaz Sharif announced a reduction in the price of electricity in Punjab for 2 months only.
He said that the federal system runs on taxes collected from Karachi, Karachi pays more than 50% of taxes in Pakistan, why can’t electricity money be reduced here?
Hafiz Naeemur Rahman said that the Sindh government has a budget of 3 thousand, 1895 billion is received from the federal government, but the Sindh government is not ready to give relief at all.
He said that K Electric mafia makes expensive electricity, K Electric can be taken out of the middle and full electricity can be given to Karachi, no section is happy with expensive electricity and taxes.
Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman demanded Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to reduce inflation and make changes in tariffs, saying that traders and salaried class are all worried, electricity prices should be reduced, the nation will not pay the capacity payments of IPPs. .
He said that currently the economic situation in Pakistan is in front of everyone, the government parties have drowned Pakistan, billions of advertisements are given with our tax money, people are forced to buy LPG.
It should be noted that yesterday former Prime Minister and President of Muslim League (N) Nawaz Sharif had said that relief of Rs 14 per unit will be given to those who use up to 500 units of electricity in Punjab.
2024-08-17 21:29:12