The federal government withdrew the decision to increase the price of electricity for consumers with 200 units, while the federal cabinet approved the withdrawal of increase in electricity price for consumers with 200 units.
According to the sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took approval of the circulation summary from the federal cabinet on an emergency basis, the federal government will give a subsidy of regarding 50 billion rupees to give relief on the tariff.
The federal cabinet had approved an increase in the basic tariff of electricity by 7 rupees 12 paisa per unit while relief will be given to consumers up to 200 units per month for July-September 2024.
The cabinet had approved hikes for protected and non-protected consumers up to 200 units, an increase of Rs 3.95 in tariff for protected consumers from one to 100 units.
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Sources say that it was approved to increase the tariff of protected customers from 101 to 200 units per month by Rs.4.10, the tariff of non-protected customers from one to 100 units per month was approved by Rs.7.11, the tariff of non-protected customers from 101 to 200 units per month was approved 7.12 rupees increase in tariff was approved.