Summary CJP says that the apex court had not asked the government to increase electricity tariff.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Tuesday asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to inform the apex court how electricity price could be raised at government’s directive.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court led by the chief justice heard the case.
During the proceedings, Chief Justice remarked that the apex court had not asked the government to increase electricity tariff.
Chaudhry said that electricity generated from oil and gas could not cost equally and directed the regulatory authority to chalk out a mechanism to determine electricity tariff. He said that electricity which was generated through gas should cost less to consumers and its price should also be different from oil-generated electricity.
