Secretary for Water and Power Zafar Mahmood told a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Thursday that electricity distribution companies (discos) were over billing consumers to compensate for their losses.
The PAC meeting took place under the chairmanship of Nadeem Afzal Gondal, during which secretary water and power while giving a briefing admitted that Discos were involved in false and additional billing.
He added that the Discos were over charging consumers to compensate for losses.
The secretary further informed the meeting that 20 sub-divisional officers (SDOs) were suspended for over billing in Lahore.
Replying to the statement, PAC member Noor Alam commented that most areas of the country were without electricity for 20 hours daily whereas the bills were unchanged.
Noor Alam recommended the abolition of the Discos system in favour of the Wapda system.
The PAC also sought a report from Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) over the issue of manufacturing of transformers by private companies.
Earlier some parliamentarians had also accused power utilities of indulging in wrongdoings in load management.
