Lahore: Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench has suspended the collection of fuel adjustment in electricity bills. According to the details, Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench has suspended the collection of fuel adjustment in electricity bills.
The court summoned ISCO chief on September 15. Stopped WAPDA, Nepra from tax collection and asked for reply at the next hearing.
Another petition was filed in Lahore High Court against fuel price adjustment in electricity bills. The petition was filed by the Pakistan Farmers and Labor Party, in which the federal government and others have been made parties. The position adopted in the petition was that the fuel price adjustment in the electricity bills is illegal, the Lahore High Court should declare the move to include fuel adjustment in the electricity bills null and void.
Earlier, the WAPDFECO department refused to adjust the fuel allowance from the current electricity bill, the bill will be reduced by Rs. 7.5 per unit for the consumption of less than 200 units in June, if they use less than 200 units for six consecutive months. According to online, the protests of the citizens of the increase in electricity bills are continuing across the country, including Faisalabad, on which Prime Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif took notice and directed to end the fuel aid adjustment immediately. But the revenue department of WAPDA Fesco says that only the bills of Fesco customers who have been using less than 200 units for the last six months of 2022 will be reduced and that too at the rate of 7.5 rupees per unit used less than 200 in June. Reduction will be made while any discount will be given on the current bill, no policy will be issued in this regard yet.
