Islamabad:
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called on Tuesday details of the 300 best delinquent, since public and private entities must billions to energy distribution companies (disc).
Due to the failure of the discos to recover the pending quotas, the national treasure has suffered a loss of RS877 billion.
A PAC meeting, chaired by Junaid Akbar, reviewed the audit objections related to the power division for fiscal year 2023-24.
The session was reported that the discos had pending recoveries of more than RS877 billion delinquent during the financial year 2022-23.
An audit report revealed huge outstanding fees in several energy distribution companies (disc). In Fesco, 513 consumers must collectively RS2.47 billion. Hesco has 5,900 consumers with unpaid fees that amount to RS44.46 billion.
Meanwhile, Lesco faces arrears of RS16.1 billion of 3,736 consumers. Pesco has 824 consumers that must RS8.6 billion, while Qesco’s outstanding quotas are in an amazing RS603.35 billion of 2,428 consumers.
It is due to SEPCO RS119.837 billion for 342 consumers. Tesco has 146 consumers with unpaid invoices by a total of 6.17 billion rupees. Meanwhile, the outstanding quotas of IESCO amount to RS200 million of 142 consumers. Audit officials informed the committee that 118 letters had been sent to Power’s division for recovery efforts, and Qesco had the greatest number of unresolved cases.
During the session, the member of the Khalid Magsi committee expressed his frustration due to the deterioration of the situation of the law and the order of Baluchistan, claiming that the movement in the province has become almost impossible.
He said that people in Baluchistan have no choice but to take weapons, claiming that Bla’s agents freely roam the streets.
In addition, he said that the recovery of the quotas in Quetta was no longer feasible, saying that the Baluchistan government was the largest morler.
In response, the Secretary of the Energy Division informed the Committee that the discs have presented work documents for the recovery of RS162 billion, committing to personally monitor progress.
The PAC President instructed the General Auditor to verify the claim of the next session and ordered the energy division to carry out two Departmental Accounts Committees (DAC) every month, with a monthly report on recoveries.
The Committee also analyzed the fault of the discs to eliminate obsolete electrical equipment and recover the outstanding quotas above RS501 billion.
It was revealed that disco officers had been taking advantage of free electricity, which led the Secretary of Energy to announce that the federal government has decided to suspend free electricity units.
