Govt to increase power tariff by 80%, claims Hammad Azhar.

ISLAMABAD -- Former Energy Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azahar has warned that the 'imported' government was planning to increase electricity tariff by 80 percent, media reported on Thursday.

Taking to Twitter, the former energy minister pointed out that the coalition government was planning to increase the electricity tariff by 80 percent in three months.

'From this month, the imported government has abolished the Rs5 per unit subsidy given by the PTI-led federal government,' he claimed, adding that the government has announced to increase the electricity tariff by Rs 7.91 per unit in next...

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