CM authorises revenue board to collect power duty.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has authorised the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) that it can collect electricity duty from power distribution companies from the next financial year.

In a meeting held on Friday, Shah approved the appointment of a well-reputed auditor to audit and reconcile accounts of previous years.

The meeting was attended by Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh, Principal Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Finance Secretary Najam Shah, Energy Secretary Musadiq Khan, Local Government Secretary Khalid Hyder Shah and others.

The chief minister worked out the units that K-Electric billed its consumers in 2015-16 and estimated collection of Rs2.4 billion in electricity duty on behalf of the Sindh government. That amount must have increased in subsequent years "but we have not received a single penny so far", he said.

He directed the provincial energy minister to appoint an auditor for auditing the accounts of power distribution companies - K-Electric...