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PM Shehbaz announces 3-month relief for protected consumers of electricity | Meher Bukhari's Analysis
PM Shehbaz announces 3-month relief for protected consumers of electricity | Meher Bukhari's Analysis
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00:00After Rs 7.12 fee unit increase in the basic tariff of household consumables using up to 100 to 500 units of electricity,
00:08the Shabaz government may have felt a little pity for the people, but that pity has only lasted for three months.
00:15We have been giving them advice for three months.
00:19On July, August and September, we have allocated Rs 50 billion.
00:24We have taken this out of our development funds.
00:2794% of household consumables will benefit from this, from Rs 4 to Rs 7 fee unit.
00:34Like in the past, we have not betrayed anyone by making a promise.
00:37We have taken care of the people and those with whom we have made this agreement and are moving forward,
00:42we have also kept them completely on board.
00:45The announcement of the subsidy has been made at a time when the IMF has terminated all subsidies
00:50and has also promised not to give any subsidy in the future.
00:53But the government has taken out Rs 50 billion from the development fund to solve this problem.
00:58It is also important to note that there are large-scale increases in bills over billing across the country
01:03and there is a protest against making 200 units less than 200 units.
01:08Because from 1 to 100 units, in the tariff of protected sarifine, Rs 3.95,
01:13from 101 to 200 units, in the tariff of protected sarifine, Rs 4.10,
01:18from 1 to 100 units, in the tariff of non-protected sarifine, Rs 7.11
01:22and from 101 to 200 units, in the tariff of non-protected sarifine, Rs 7.12.
01:29If tax is included in this, then the lifeline customers will get Rs 4.74 for 50 units
01:35and from 51 to 100 units, Rs 9.28.
01:39From 1 to 100 units, protected sarifine will get Rs 19.75
01:43and from 101 units to 200 units, fee unit will get Rs 22.70.
01:49Not only this, after over billing and other issues,
01:52Additional Secretary Power Division Zafar Abbas has also been removed from office.
01:56After taking notice of changing 200 units to 201 units on behalf of Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif,
02:02investigations on FIA and billing have already begun.
02:06The government has now decided to follow the old billing system by terminating the pro rata system.
02:12If we look at the increase in bills,
02:14earlier fixed charges were being collected for 200 to 500 per month,
02:18which has now increased to 500 to 2,000 per month.
02:22In addition to this, there is an increase in fee unit basic tariff.
02:25If we look at the cost of electricity, then it is something like this.
02:29In Pakistan, there is an increase in the price of electricity.
02:31In the global market, the price of oil is determined by looking at the value of the dollar
02:35and the interest rate.
02:37If energy fuel is expensive, then naturally electricity will become expensive.
02:40If the price of the dollar also increases, then electricity will become expensive.
02:42If the interest rate is high, then the government will buy an expensive loan from the banks and
02:46the electricity will become expensive.
02:48In addition to these issues, according to Amar Habib Khan,
02:51after generating electricity and delivering it to you, the fee unit reaches up to 35.5 rupees,
02:58in which the energy cost is only 10.90 rupees per unit,
03:02while the capacity cost is 18.40 rupees per unit.
03:06This means that a common Pakistani is paying almost double the capacity cost of the electricity fee unit.
03:15Today, while commenting on the budget,
03:17Prime Minister Shaba Sharif said that there were big scandals related to him in the last term.
03:21If we had not saved the state, then what kind of budget and what kind of politics?
03:27We saved the state and put politics at stake.
03:31If we had not saved the state, then what kind of budget and what kind of politics?
03:36In the last term, big promises were made to make politics shine.
03:42Sugarcane and wheat were first exported and then imported.
03:47The pockets were filled.
03:51The sugarcane scandal that Prime Minister Shaba Sharif is talking about,
03:54the sugar commission had made a report on it.
03:56That report was presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan at that time.
03:59The person whose name was at the top in this report,
04:02and Imran Khan and he have become distant from each other,
04:05but the person whose name the Prime Minister is giving,
04:09but is not taking his name,
04:11he is the king of the sugar business in Pakistan.
04:14His name is Jahangir Khan Tareen.
04:16He is also the most important member of the Economic Cooperation Council created by Shaba Sharif.
04:21He met Shaba Sharif eight days ago.
04:24If there was a period of corruption in the Tehreek-e-Insaf era,
04:27then why were there no corruption cases against the leadership of Tehreek-e-Insaf till date?
04:31Today, the Prime Minister said at a press conference with his cabinet,
04:35that we have taken up the responsibility of public service under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif.
04:38The problem is that this responsibility is good,
04:41in which the responsibility of the public is being lost,
04:44and the government is not ready to reduce its expenses.
04:47The Prime Minister said today that we have told the IMF,
04:50that this money will be cut from the PSDP and this subsidy will be given.
04:54But if the IMF refuses, then what will be done?
04:58Just last year, in these days,
05:00Nigranwazir Azam Inwar-ul-Haq Qaqan announced
05:03and announced a relief announcement for the people,
05:06but even then the IMF refused and rejected that proposal,
05:11and the caretaker Prime Minister had to take back his announced relief.
05:15Today, the Prime Minister did not tell about the IMF's response in this regard.
05:19In the same way, the PSDP, which was first made for 1400,
05:22then it was made for 1150 billion,
05:24and now it has been reduced to 50 billion again.
05:28So, if this work had been done earlier,
05:30then can the government not be saved from embarrassment?
05:33Isn't this poor decision making?
05:35Isn't this lack of coordination, poor budgeting?
05:38Along with this, keep in mind that the fundamental, biggest question,
05:43was there a need to increase the PSDP?
05:47Couldn't this government freeze the PSDP to last year's numbers?
05:51The poor people of the entire country would have benefited.
05:53Last year, the PSDP was worth 705 billion rupees,
05:56and this year, first it was made for 1400, then for 1150,
06:00and now it has been cut.
06:02If this had been revised earlier, or frozen,
06:05then today the government would not have had to admit
06:08what they have done indirectly today,
06:11that this was poor budgeting.
06:13Today, the head of the People's Party of Pakistan,
06:16President Asif Ali Zardari,
06:18is saying that tax will have to be imposed on the landlords too.
06:22People don't understand agriculture.
06:26Now they are going to impose more income tax.
06:30Income tax will mostly be imposed on the big landlords.
06:33It will have to be imposed, it is a condition of the IMF.
06:36It will have to be imposed.
06:38Viewers, the strange thing is that the People's Party is a part of the government,
06:41and without their consent, the budget cannot be passed.
06:43And if tax was not imposed on the landlords,
06:45and it will have to be imposed,
06:47then the People's Party should have taken a stand,
06:49and if they could not,
06:50then at least the people should be told
06:52what is their compulsion,
06:54that tax should not be imposed on them,
06:56and still the budget should be passed.
06:58The truth is that the government has set the goal
07:01of 12,970 billion rupees tax collection.
07:03To extract from you, to take from you,
07:06there is no tax limit,
07:08the government has increased the rate of electricity.
07:10No strict decisions have been taken.
07:12Electricity will come at a rate of 75 rupees per unit.
07:15You will do it.
07:16How will this economy run on 20.5% interest rate?
07:21And no one is talking about reducing their expenses.
07:25Let's take a break.