Subsidy was announced for the month of August and September


Islamabad: The Punjab government has discontinued the Rs14 per unit relief for the electricity consumers of the federal capital announced in August for two months, the Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (IESCO) said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to media reports, the IESCO said that the consumers will not receive any relief in electricity bills for the month of September.
This is pertinent to mention here that the subsidy worth Rs45 billion was announced last month by the ruling Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for Punjab and the federal capital for the months of August and September.
This was announced for consumers using 201 to 500 units per month. However, the Punjab power consumers would get relief in the next month's power bills.
The Punjab government was met with criticism by the opposing leaders of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who at the time stated that the subsidy was a futile and short-term attempt to provide relief to the masses reeling under sky-high power tariffs.

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