KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh, while referring to recent relief of Rs 14 per unit announced for Punjab province only, urged the government to give a similar relief to Sindh also as the public and business community here are also going through the toughest time of their lives due to unbearably high and extremely torturous electricity bills.

“The Karachi Chamber vociferously appeals President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for Energy Awais Laghari to immediately announce relief in electricity bills for Sindh also which has also been contributing matchlessly to Pakistan’s economy,” he added in a statement issued here on Monday.

President KCCI stressed that it has become inevitable to immediately reduce electricity tariffs for the people of Sindh also as it was a matter of survival now, hence, the government must come forward to provide desperately needed relief in the form of substantial reduction in electricity bills for the people and business community of Sindh.

Keeping in view the matchless role and contribution being made by Karachi to Pakistan’s economy, he hoped that the federal government would soon announce relief in electricity bills for Sindh.

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