Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar said on Monday in Karachi that any further increase in electricity bills would be a grave injustice to the public.
Sattar questioned how long the government would keep burdening the masses, saying power prices were being raised repeatedly under the guise of fuel cost adjustments.
Fuel taxes and the added burden on power bills
He said billions of rupees were already being collected through taxes and levies on petroleum products. According to him, overall taxes and duties come to Rs 114 per litre of petrol, while diesel carries Rs 100 per litre in taxes.
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Sattar added that the government was extracting heavy taxes through fuel prices while shifting more costs onto electricity bills.
Inflation and unemployment weigh on the public
Sattar said rising inflation, unemployment and exorbitant utility bills had broken the public’s backbone. He stressed that further burden under these economic conditions is entirely unacceptable.
