2024-08-01 23:45:42
(24 News) Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Atta Tarar has said that some people are playing politics on IPPs, protected consumers have been given relief in electricity bills for 3 months.
While holding a press conference with MQM central leader Mustafa Kamal in Islamabad, Atta Tarar said that the Punjab government had installed 2 cheapest power plants, and the Prime Minister had announced the privatization of electricity distribution companies.
He said that the process of privatization of discos has started, it was decided that the discos will be freed from political interference, the protected consumers have been given relief in electricity bills for 3 months, the people have been given a subsidy of Rs.
Attar Tarar said that a 10-day extension has been given in the payment of electricity bills, IPPs are being installed everywhere, consultation on the issue of review of IPPs is going on, the whole nation wants electricity to be cheap, some people IPPs. They want to use the matter for politics.
The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting said that departmental action was taken against the officers of PASCO, the statistics of filers and non-filers will also be released soon, the agenda of economic reforms is the priority, there has been an increase of 50 lakh people in the number of filers, he said. That FBR is going to be digitized, PWD does not know how many billions are consumed every year, no one has touched PWD’s mafia till date, PWD has been closed, there is no personal grudge of the Prime Minister. No, PWD was closed.
Attarar said that inflation was 4% in 2018, GDP growth rate was at 6%, Pinky, Gogi and Captain Malik were destroyed, inflation reached 6%, when the country was on the verge of default, it was said that it was an American conspiracy, the mindset of the people. Done, many had gone on leave to avoid the impression of default.
Federal Minister of Information said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stood and saved the country from default, exports would have stopped, the dollar would have become 600 rupees, in case of default, petrol would have been talking to the sky. What to do, the scope of Petroleum Development Levy was set but not implemented.
He further said that during the period of founder PTI, all things became expensive due to subsidies, exporters’ LCs were closed, the dollar is dependent on inflation, Jamaat-e-Islami is requested to protest, end sit-in, Jamaat-e-Islami. Sit with us and give suggestions.
MQM leader Mustafa Kamal said that at the level at which the Prime Minister and the team are working, it is hoped that people are going to get relief, I am grateful to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on behalf of MQM.
He said that we are with all the good initiatives of the government, we did not politicize this issue, we put people’s problems first, the sword of IMF is on our head, if we terminate the IPPs agreements, then they You can go to any court abroad.
Mustafa Kamal said that industries are closing down, people are getting jobless, we have to earn revenue of 12 thousand billion rupees from the business community, IPPs are a big wound, it needs to be closed, Prime Minister all our points. Addressing, Inshallah soon people will get good news and relief in this regard.
2024-08-01 23:45:42