The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday stayed the implementation of fuel adjustment surcharge in the power bills and stopped NEPRA, PESCO, TESCO and Water and Power from receiving power bills from the consumers. The PHC heard the application from over 40 petitioners including industrialists against the fuel adjustment surcharge imposed in electricity bills. The petitioners argued that the fuel adjustment surcharge could not be collected from the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the province produces hydropower. The court also issued notices to the officials of NEPRA, PESCO, TESCO and Water and Power and also ordered the KP deputy attorney general and advocate general to appear in the court. The court also ordered issuance of power bills without fuel adjustment surcharge within 10 days.
