Tag Archives: Circular debt keeps rising despite massive power tariff hike

ISLAMABAD: Despite an over 50 per cent hike in power tariff involving Rs1.2 trillion additional burden on consumers, the government on Tuesday conceded that circular debt was continuously going up due to missed targets on recovery and losses. While pleading its case at a public hearing for adding Rs43.34bn financial burden (Rs2.18 per unit) to the consumers in three months, …

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