ISLAMABAD – Federal government has taken the final decision over theprices of electricity in Pakistan.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) was held in Islamabad under theChairmanship of Finance Minister Asad Umar.
ECC has decided against increasing the price of electricity, InformationMinister Fawad Chaudhry said Tuesday.
Fawad Chaudhry was addressing a press conference alongside Federal Ministerfor Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtiar in Islamabad.
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Bakhtiar said the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leviedindirect taxes on consumption that burdened the public. He added that theformer government secured $32 billion when global oil prices fell.
“Where did those 32 billion dollars go? The public didn’t get the benefitand the PML-N government did not even take public into confidence over itsso-called development projects,” he said.
