Staff Reporter
Karachi
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister, Mian Zahid Hussain has said that improved laws are needed to contain electricity theft necessitating improvement in the system as existing laws have failed to fulfill the requirements. Talking to business community on Wednesday, Mian Zahid Hussain said that the staff of power companies have remained unsuccessful to demonstrate responsibility, therefore, police should be given powers to deal directly with power thieves while a reward system for the masses should also be introduced, he said. He said that the system should be designed in a way so that police can take direct action against power stealers to discourage theft while keeping honest consumers insulated from harassment. The veteran business leader said the power sector cannot be improved with frequent upward revision in power tariff, therefore, theft should be stopped to tackle circular debt surpassing one trillion rupees. Mian Zahid Hussain said that constant increase in power price has taken a toll on masses and production hitting exports.
