Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that commercial audit of electricity over-billing is expected to be completed during the next few days.
In a statement made in the House, he said the top listed audit firms from private sector were carrying out the audit to determine the causes of over billing. He said apart from the possibility of fudging and consumption of more power by consumers during load shedding, free period of about a month and abolition of slabs for consumers also led to increase in power bills.
The minister, however, said the exact cause would be determined by the audit and in case of wrong billing not only the amount would be refunded to the consumers but officials responsible would also be penalised.
Replying to a point of order, the minister said the government would ensure zero load shedding in areas of concentration of Dewali celebrations today and tomorrow.
