Monday, January 7, 2013

Pakistan: PEPCO report unveils govt defaulters

President House, Prime Minister House, intelligence agencies and defence institutions are defaulters of making payments against use of electricity, disclosed a report issued by Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO). According to the report presented before the power crisis committee and whose copy was obtained by Geo News, Army Military Engineering Service is a defaulter of Rs824.6 million; Army personnel deployed at borders has yet to pay Rs89.5 million against power dues; military dairy farm Rs14.7 million and; Joint Staff Headquarters Rs16.7 million. In total the Defence Services are a defaulter of Rs1.13 billion while Rs47.9 million stand outstanding against Defence Production Division. The report says the President House is a defaulter of power dues amounting to Rs15.8 million; Prime Minister Secretariat has to pay Rs4.12 million; office and residence of Chairman Senate Rs59.9 million; residences of federal ministers Rs13.8 million; Supreme Court Rs3.67 million and; Federal Shariat Court as a defaulter of Rs3.94 million. Election Commission of Pakistan is defaulting against electricity dues of Rs3.32 million; Federal Police Rs25.8 million; Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rs6.3 million; FIA Rs8 million; Ministry of Railways Rs263.4 million; Ministry of bordering areas Rs340 million and; Frontier Constabulary Balochistan Rs100 million. The report further disclosed that Rs7.23 billion are outstanding against the Federal Government and departments working under it.

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