PM House, Presidency face power cut for non-payment of bills

Electricity bills not paid due to lack of funds, claims CDA chairman

 ISLAMABAD  : The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Thursday sent notices of disconnection to the Prime Minister House and President House over non-payment of electricity bills.

The power utility, after issuing notices, also disconnected the electric supply of the Pakistan Monument and the Pak-China Friendship Centre.

The chairman of the Central Development Authority (CDA) apprised the Senate House Committee that bills are not being paid due to lack of funds.



The committee was also informed by the director-general of Civil Defence that fire-alarm systems installed at Parliament Lodges are also non-functional whereas water hydrants installed to extinguish fires have been non-functional due to unavailability of a water connection.

The CDA chairman added that of the allocated fund of approximately Rs2.2 billion, only Rs48 million have been released.



In September, the top civic authority in the federal capital started regulating the mushroom growth of unregulated construction in private housing societies of the city for the first time.

The development authority started regulating building constructions by reviewing and approving building plans in the 54 approved private housing societies in the city.