LAHORE MIRROR — Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Sunday here said solid measures should be presented to him in the next 48 hours for reduction in increased electricity bills.
He was chairing a meeting on the increase in electricity bills, power theft, and problems in the power sector.
He was given a detailed briefing on the increase in electricity bills of July.
He said no step would be taken in haste to avoid harm to the country.
The prime minister said such steps would be taken which would not put an additional burden on the national exchequer and would also facilitate the consumer.
It was not possible that the common man was in difficulty and the Prime minister and the bureaucracy were using free electricity from their taxes, he added.
He said relevant ministries and departments should provide details of the institutions and officers who were getting free of cost electricity.
