LAHORE: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday reiterated that a zero-tolerance policy will continue against overbilling.
Presiding over a review meeting at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Zonal Office in Lahore, he directed to accelerate indiscriminate crackdowns to prevent overbilling and electricity theft, according to Radio Pakistan.
The interior minister said that strict action would also be taken against officers, who would burden people through overbilling.
Interior Minister Warns DISCOs
He stressed that negligence and failure of distribution companies (DISCOs) to serve the public will not be acceptable at all.
Mohsin Naqvi expressed the government’s resolve that the provision of relief to electricity consumers in the overbilling problem is a top priority.
