Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says that there is mismanagement and corruption in electricity distribution companies, discos will be privatized to improve their performance. Speaking on this occasion, Shahbaz Sharif said that there is mismanagement and corruption in the electricity distribution companies, the nightclubs will be privatized to improve their performance.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif while talking to the chairman and board members of the electricity distribution companies said that our performance in terms of discos has not been appreciable, due to mismanagement, corruption and other reasons, the operation of discotheques is not good for antipathy. The government is 100% determined that we will change this system that has dug the roots of Pakistan.
He also said that 500 billion rupees of electricity is stolen annually in the country, with the highly competent and hard-working officials, there are also people who have spared no effort for the destruction of discotheques will be improved and privatized, the improved electricity system will stabilize the economy, the appointment process of qualified people in nightclubs took several months, due to legal complications, the appointment process was delayed.
The prime minister said that the revolutionary debt of the energy sector is 2300 billion rupees, the income in the last financial year was 9000 billion rupees, the reason for the revolutionary debt is the transmission system weak and loss of line.
Shahbaz Sharif said that according to an estimate, electricity worth 500 billion rupees is stolen annually, and all this is done with collusion, there are good officers in these clubs, but they have left no stone unturned to destroy these clubs the lack of of them and your biggest challenge is how to handle the bills.
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