Minister for Information, Broadcasting, Culture and National Heritage Attaullah Tarar putting down the undue criticism about relief initiative of Federal and Punjab governments in power bills has urged other provinces to follow suit for ensuring instant relief to the masses during summer season.
He informed the media on Monday that it was the foremost priority of the government to provide substantive relief to the masses, reduce price of the electricity and bring down the inflation in the country.
Attaullah Tarar further stated that provision of the relief to the people by the federal and Punjab governments during the summer season, was a good move which should be welcomed by all.
The federal government had already given uptoRs 5 per unit relief to all the protected and non-protected consumers in three months’ electricity bills (June to August) with a generous allocation of a subsidy of 50 billion rupees, he added.
The information minister pointed out that all those consumers who used upto 200 units of the electricity per month, had already received the relief across the country. Likewise, the Punjab government allocated Rs 45 billion from its own funds to give subsidy to those who were using 200 units to 500 units per month.
Cumulatively, the relief initiatives of both the governments did provide the much-needed relief to the masses, Tarar said, adding now it was up to other provincial governments to take identical steps to ensure relief for the masses. He said these relief steps ought to be fully appreciated and called for discarding criticism to work together for collective welfare and betterment of people.
