The federal Minister for Power, Ahsan Iqbal, has announced that the government has reduced the electricity rate burden on industries to zero, in line with the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The government has also decided to reduce the wharfage charges by 9 rupees and has reduced the tax rate for exporters from 7% to 4%. The electricity rate burden for industries was 8 rupees 90 paisa per unit at the beginning of the present government, but it has been reduced to zero under the Prime Minister’s guidance. The Minister further stated that the wharfage charges will also be reduced by 4 rupees 40 paisa due to the cross-subsidy, making electricity available to industries at a rate of almost 1.1 rupees per unit.
In a separate development, the Rescue and Fire Brigade teams are working to put out the fire in the Derah Ghazi Khan district, while the Saudi Foreign Ministry has expressed its support for the Pakistani government and people in the war against terrorism. The Punjab government has established Pakistan’s first agriculture culture food and drug authority. In a major traffic plan, the Traffic Police has announced that it will block all roads leading from Punjab to Balochistan, including the D G Khan route, ahead of the ‘Jine Do Karachi’ march organized by the Jamaat-e-Islami.
In a shocking revelation, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyers have demanded a written record of the medical examination of its Chairman, Imran Khan, who is currently in jail. The operation was a success, and both the patient and the donor are recovering quickly. In a separate incident, 29 people were injured in a car accident in the Luddhroan area of Karachi. The Sindh government has been criticized for its failure to improve the city’s dilapidated roads.
