PM congratulates Omar Ayub, his team for Rs 81b increase in collection of electricity bills

Dunya News

PM Imran said dependence on imported fuels would be brought down from 41 percent to 30 percent.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan in his twitter message congratulated Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan and his team for an increase of Rs 81 billion in collection of electricity bills during the past eight month, Dunya News reported on Friday.

He said Rs 58 billion had been collected from theft control while 80 percent of the country had been freed from load-shedding.

He said there was zero load-shedding at Sehr and Iftar and appreciated the hard work of the minister and his team. “This is Naya Pakistan,” the prime minister said in his twitter message.

He said another Rs 120 billion would be recovered next year as flow of circular debt had already reduced from Rs 38 billion per month to Rs 26 billion and it would be brought to zero by next December.

He said Rs 100 billion additional would be recovered from old receivables.

The prime minister said dependence on imported fuels would be brought down from 41 percent to 30 percent in five years and less than 20 percent in 10 years using hydel, renewable and local fuesl like Thar coal.