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Govt will conduct audit of power plants set-up by PML-N govt: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday revealed that the government will begin an audit of the power plants set-up by the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. While talking to media Fawad said, “The PML-N government signed agreements to produce electricity at extremely high costs.” He further added, “Quaid-e-Azam solar plant is the most […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday revealed that the government will begin an audit of the power plants set-up by the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.
While talking to media Fawad said, “The PML-N government signed agreements to produce electricity at extremely high costs.” He further added, “Quaid-e-Azam solar plant is the most expensive power plant in the world.”
He told the media that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has already started an investigation for the LNG plants in Punjab. Chaudhry said, “During its last two years, the PML-N government increased the power tariff to Rs15.53 per unit. The electricity which was generated at that cost is being sold to the people for Rs11.71 per unit.”
He also ensured that the government of PTI would not have any influence on these investigations.
According to the information minister, the increased price of electricity is a result of the policies introduced by the previous government. He said, “National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) determines the power tariff and was created by the previous governments not us. NEPRA informed us that we should increase the prices of electricity or incur a loss on a daily basis.”
He further added, “We tried our best to ensure that the poor are not affected by the hike in gas prices and are striving to fix things.”
When asked about the by-election results, he commented, “The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) set a new example as no minister visited any constituency, all parties were allied against us, but still they could not defeat us and PTI secured the most seats.”
