PR No. 74 Clarification against the news published in BUSINESS RECORDER titled as 'a

Power Division strongly refute the misconceived News published by Business Recorder in its Paper dated 09th April 2024 wherein the energy correspondent claimed that the theft recovery figures provided by the ex-care taker Minister for Power were exaggerated as the newly appointed Minister claimed that the actual theft figures are very low. In this regard, it is to clarify that the anti-theft campaign was started on 7 September 2023. In the campaign, two areas of recovery were focused, first one was recovery of arrears and second one was electricity theft by the consumers. Under the head of arrears recovery, the discos are able to recover Rs 84 billion whereas under the theft head, the discos are able to recover Rs 5.5 billion from the consumers. Therefore, the figure quoted by the former caretaker minister was absolutely correct and legitimate. As the main focus of the current letter issued by the Power Minister was the efforts to curb the electricity theft, therefore only the amount recovered under the head of theft was mentioned. In view of above, the Newspaper and its Energy correspondent shall consult Power Division for any ambiguity or confusion before quoting any misconceived or erroneous statement, harming the efforts of the government for a national cause.

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