Electricity Relief: Balochistan tube wells to get subsidy

PM Ashraf decides to give subsidy on electricity in Balochistan after meeting delegation of Zamindar Action Committee.

ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf decided to give subsidy on electricity supplied to 15,660 registered tube wells in Balochistan.


The premier said the electricity charges pertaining to agricultural tube wells will be shared amongst the owners, provincial and the federal government. The decision came after the PM met a delegation of Zamindar Action Committee along with the Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raeesani.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2012.