ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (Online): PPP leader Sherry Rehman has said government is going to scale up power tariff by Rs 4.33 per unit under Fuel Adjustment Surcharge (FAS).
She held this way additional burden of over Rs 40 billion will be shifted to the consumers.
Those who have claimed to provide relief package to the poor people are dropping bomb shell of the inflation daily, she said in a statement issued here Thursday.
She questioned are the consumers responsible for generating costly electricity. The Tabahi sarkar has enhanced the costs of per unit over Rs 18 in a year, she deplored.
Over Rs 600 billion were plundered from the people by increasing electricity tariff 9 folds in a year, she claimed. The inflation rate per month has surpassed 11.5 percent already. No more burden should be shifted to inflation stricken people, she remarked.
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