ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary Chaudhary Jaffar Iqbal on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that a tariff petition for overcharging consumers of Karachi Electric (KE) was pending before National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and relief would be passed on the consumers in light of the Authority decision.

Responding to a Calling Attention Notice moved by Sheikh Salahuddin and others regarding approval granted by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority to Karachi Electric to increase price of electricity 25 paisas per unit and over charging of Rs 62 billion from the consumers, he said the government itself took notice into the matter and filed a petition with NEPRA.

He said if additional amount was collected from the consumers, it would be paid back to them.

He said Rs 12 billion had already been returned to the consumers in 2012-13 which was over charged on account of fuel adjustment.

Jaffar Iqbal said prices of electricity were adjusted every month on account of monthly fuel adjustment mechanism.

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