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Mian Zahid demands paying capacity charges from federal budget

Pakistan Published 16 September 2026, 08:25 · archived 16 Sep 2026

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, Chairman National Business Group Pakistan, Chairman Policy Advisory Board FPCCI, has urged the Federal Government to pay the capacity charges of the country’s surplus electricity - which amounted to approximately Rs. 1,700 billion in 2025-2026 - from the federal budget instead of electricity bills so that industries can also obtain electricity at a reasonable price. He stated that the transition to a competitive energy market is no longer a choice but an issue of national ec...

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