- The NA panel requires an action on non -metameter connections.
- Ke is still struggling in despite RS804BN in subsidies.
- RS122 billion in the recovery losses reported since 2017.
Islamabad: K-Electric (KE) reported losses amounting to 44 billion rupees in 2024, allocated to unpaid electricity bills, a widespread flight through the “Kunda” system and non-meter consumption, senior public service officials informed a parliamentary committee on Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday, The news reported.
The permanent committee of the National Assembly on government insurance, chaired by MNA Nuzhat Sadiq, criticized the company for the worsening of public difficulties by the unexpected load shedding and average billing, while not approaching the deep ineffectiveness.
The committee asked KE to immediately end unforeseen breakdowns and work with local representatives to extend the deadly billing coverage through its network.
Legislators have stressed that consumer payment should not be penalized for the incapacity of the company to control power theft or recover contributions. The Committee promised to review Ke’s respect with its recommendations after a month.
In particular, in its recent petition before the NEPRA, the public service reported loss of recovery of huge RS122.77 billion (2017-23), and now in 2024, the public service manager declared 44 billion additional losses.
Since 2006, KE consumers have received 804 billion rupees in Federal Tariff Differential Subsidies (TDS) to fill the gap between the high cost of KE electricity production and the uniform national rate. He is still struggling with recovery.
The Year’s Committee also ordered the Ministry of Communications and the National Highway Authority (NHA) to accelerate the rehabilitation of motorways damaged by the Sindh floods and the Chakdara – Upper Dir Road path to KP. As the monsoon season approaches, he called for a strategic maintenance plan and required complete ventilation of the NHA’s repair budget.
On another question, the Overseas Pakistani Ministry informed the committee that instead of Mansehra, the promised office of the protectorate of emigrants will be created in Abbottabad – just 24 kilometers – to serve the Hazara division. The legislators accepted the revision but requested rapid execution.
Regarding the overcharging of gas in Balutchistan, officials of Su Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) said that a special rate, applied by a directive of the high court of Baloutchistan, is now being overhauled before the Supreme Court. They assured that invoicing will be adjusted in accordance with the final decision of the court.
The meeting was followed by a transversal cup of MNA, notably Shahida Rehmani, Aasia Ishac Siddiqui, Sardar Nabil Gabol and others, reflecting a growing political pressure for responsibility in the main sectors of the public service.