K-Electric had submitted an application for the same on 18 May 2020, so as to ensure the pipeline would be built in time for the commissioning of the first unit of BQPS-III.
A police report of the man’s accidental death, which occurred on August 11 at a K-Electric substation, was presented before the Judicial Magistrate West.
The Committee took strong notice of the fact that a house in Mansehra District, despite completing all requisite requirements was not being given an electricity connection.
The creation of KEVCL is part of the diversification strategy of the Company to get into allied businesses and create new revenue streams for KE. KEVCL will be a subsidiary of KE and is intended to be the holding company for all such investments to be made by KE.
Every third consumer in Karachi has paid their fines, the MQM-P leader said, adding that the industrial consumers paid more than Rs. 1.5 billion in fines as well.
The NEPRA Authority has imposed a fine of PKR. 200 million on K-Electric for carrying-out excessive load-shedding in Karachi during the months of June and July, 2020 and violating NEPRA Act.
K-Electric is also accused of "allegedly not complying fully" with an agreement it had reached with the government under which it was required to carry out necessary investment for developing the electricity supply system on modern lines
Faisal Vawda said the incumbent government had inherited a huge backlog of billions of rupees as result of the agreement with K-Electric besides other losses since then.