The federal government has asked the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) not to charge arrears for the period of April-August 2008, said a KESC press release issued here on Saturday. The tariff increase will only be applicable from September 2008, it said.
The Corporation had earlier announced the new tariff of average 31 percent including backdated hike in bills of five percent from April 2008 and six percent from July 2008.