President Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) Afan Aziz said Tuesday power theft in rural and urban areas of Peshawar is bringing bad name to the entire province. Aziz said Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) would have to take drastic steps to end ‘kunda culture’ in the province, causing shifting of investment to Punjab. KPCCI vice presidents Ziaul Haq Sarhadi and Abid Salam, former president Usman Bilour and executive committee’s members attended the meeting while Ghazanfar Bilour, Muhammad Ishaq, Zulfiqar Ali Khan and Amanullah Khan participated in the meeting as observers.
The meeting was told about the progress made so far in releasing Bank of Khyber loans for small traders. Afan Aziz said under Article 158 of the constitution, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had the sole right to gas produced in the province and after meeting demands of the province, surplus gas would be provided to other provinces. He underlined the need to solve gas crisis.
