The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has declared illegal the hike in the power tariff, announced by federal government.
The court observed since the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was not taken into confidence hence the raise was illegal.
Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Tuesday issued a detailed order in a suo motu case regarding to power outages in the province. He said it was the mandate of provincial government to increase power tariff.
