No more hike in power, gas tariffs, Imran promises.

MOHMAND -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the government will not increase gas and electricity tariffs anymore as inflation has finally come under control and soon the prices of commodities will decrease. Addressing a huge public gathering after distributing Kafalat Cards among the deserving people under the Ehsaas Programme, he said, 'I have decided not to increase the power tariff anymore because the people cannot afford that. In this regard, I have decided to take all possible measures to decrease power tariff.'

The prime minister said that the prices had surged in the past due to the contracts signed by the previous government, who had agreed at the purchase of power and gas at exorbitant prices. 'The incumbent government was helpless due to such unjustified contracts and the subsidies, provided by the government swelled the circular debt,' he added. He said that the government would talk to the power producers and urge them to bring down the power prices and close down the plants which were producing costly electricity as additional burden could not be shifted to the people and industries. Similarly, he said, due to the 15-year gas contract signed by the previous government, Pakistan was getting gas supply at higher rates in the...