Unpaid bills: Khawaja Asif claims 'govt itself is a big defaulter'
Minister also claims people who were protesting against power outages wanted free electricity to be provided to them.
Express News screengrab of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif.
ISLAMABAD:
"The government itself is a big defaulter," stated Defence Minister Khawaja Asif during a press conference in Islamabad on Friday.
He was referring to the recent disconnections of electricity supply to top government buildings including President House, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Parliament Lodges and official residence of chief justice of Pakistan, and the non-payment of electricity bills.
Asif stated that whoever does not pay their electricity dues will not get power supply whether it's on a federal level, provincial level or an individual level.
The defence minister further said that 2,200 megawatts of electricity will be added to the system in the next two months.
Referring to the hardship that the citizens will face in the next couple of months, Asif added that the people will have to tolerate the load-shedding as there was a shortfall of electricity.
"Energy crisis is being improved because of the construction of new power projects such as the one in Guddu," the minister remarked shedding some positive light to the situation the country is currently in.
He also claimed that people who were protesting against the power outages wanted free electricity to be provided to them.
Asif further stated that because of a few electricity thieves millions of people were suffering.
"The government itself is a big defaulter," stated Defence Minister Khawaja Asif during a press conference in Islamabad on Friday.
He was referring to the recent disconnections of electricity supply to top government buildings including President House, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Parliament Lodges and official residence of chief justice of Pakistan, and the non-payment of electricity bills.
Asif stated that whoever does not pay their electricity dues will not get power supply whether it's on a federal level, provincial level or an individual level.
The defence minister further said that 2,200 megawatts of electricity will be added to the system in the next two months.
Referring to the hardship that the citizens will face in the next couple of months, Asif added that the people will have to tolerate the load-shedding as there was a shortfall of electricity.
"Energy crisis is being improved because of the construction of new power projects such as the one in Guddu," the minister remarked shedding some positive light to the situation the country is currently in.
He also claimed that people who were protesting against the power outages wanted free electricity to be provided to them.
Asif further stated that because of a few electricity thieves millions of people were suffering.