Federal Minister for Water and Power, Liaqat Ali Jatoi told The National Assembly on Wednesday that there are 1,00,775 villages out of 1,27,568, which have been electrified by June 2006.
He was replying to a question from MNA, Fauzia Wahab over the province-wise percentage of village electrification including Fata during the question hour session.
The minister said that 19 percent of the population residing in the rural areas of the country is deprived of electricity. Giving details of the provinces, he said that Balochistan is the most deprived where only 40 percent of the villages have been electrified, whereas NWFP including Fata enjoys the maximum with 91 percent, while in Punjab and Sindh 82 and 84 percent villages have been electrified respectively.