Summary The minister says that Imran Khan is protecting power thieves in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Addressing a press conference here on Friday, State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said that posting abuses on Facebook and twitter was culture of Imran Khan not Nawaz Sharif.
He said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan should hold his KPK ministers accountable for power theft.
Abid said that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa would not receive electricity if they would not pay the dues. He said the power thieves would also face the same consequences in Punjab.
The state minister said that dams were property of Pakistan not a personal property of anon one. He said that loadshedding was not a Pak-India war but a public issue.
Abid Sher Ali blamed that Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa Minister Shah Farman was forcing people of his constituency to refuse paying their electricity bills.
He said that people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were our brothers but Imran Khan and PTI had launched a campaign against him but the PML-N government would continue to work without any discrimination.
The minister urged the PTI chief to behave in a civilized way. He blamed KPK minster Shah Farman was a big power thief while the provincial government was facing 98 percent losses.
Abid said that the ransom was demanded of the federal government after kidnappings of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) employees.
The minister said that Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa government defaulter of electricity charges worth Rs 30 to 40 billion. He said only ten percent consumers pay electricity bills in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Abid Sher Ali advised Imran Khan to build new dams if he wanted to provide free electricity to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
