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| Musharraf's farmhouse electricity disconnected for nonpayment |
| 2009-07-20 |
| LAHORE: Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) on Saturday directed disconnecting electricity supply to former president Pervez Musharrafs farmhouse after he failed to clear outstanding dues. PEPCO Managing Director Tahir Basharat said Musharraf, and 34 other residents of Chak Shahzad, had been issued over the misuse of electricity and their failure to pay outstanding electricity bills. He said the order had been issued after Musharraf did not pay the PEPCO dues. Basharat said between 20 and 26 percent increase in power tariff would become inevitable if the government withdrew the Rs 55 billion subsidy to the power sector. The PEPCO MD said the company owed Rs 90 billion to various oil and gas companies for the fuel used for power generation. |
| Posted by:john frum |