Minister defends the overpricing of DISCOs
Islamabad: The caretaker power minister has stepped in to defend corrupt electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) over allegations of inflated consumer bills and rejected a report by the power sector regulator. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Power Minister Mohammad Ali claimed that the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (Nepra) used incorrect data in its report on overcharging, insisting that 10 million electricity consumers were not overcharged. However, CEOs of DISCOs had recently admitted that their customers were over-indebted. design: mohsin alam In addition, the regulator used data from DISCOs which also revealed that customers were getting inflated monthly bills in a bid
