LHC moved against levy of new power surcharge

08 Jul, 2015

A petition is filed in the Lahore High Court, challenging the levy of a new electricity surcharge. In the court on Tuesday, Judicial Activism Panel Chairman Azhar Siddique argued that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority(Nepra) had imposed a new surcharge of Rs 110 million under the name of the "gas development surcharge", which was initially to be collected from the power supply companies, but had conveniently been laid on consumers.

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