Sindh Energy Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah while presiding over a meeting at the Energy Department office here on Tuesday said that on the directive of party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto, the Sindh government wants to provide relief to the people in terms of electricity.
Secretary Energy Department Mossadiq Ahmad Khan, CEO STDC Saleem Sheikh and Project Director SSEP Sindh Solar Energy Project Mahfooz Qazi were also present on this occasion, said a statement.
The Minister also had a telephonic conversation with CO K-Electric Moonis Alvi on the occasion, and Nasir Shah said that no new tax of any kind should be imposed in electricity bills as people are already worried about expensive electricity and cannot afford any more new taxes.
He asked CO K-Electric to refrain from adding any kind of tax to the bills of electricity consumers from now on and if they face any kind of pressure in this regard, the Sindh government will cooperate with them in all possible ways. Minister said that the Sindh government is trying to eliminate all types of taxes from electricity bills.
CO K-Electric assured the Energy Minister of all possible cooperation from its side and said that K-Electric will fully support the efforts of the Sindh government and provide full cooperation in providing relief to the people.