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Pakistan has become the country producing the most expensive electricity | Khawar Ghumman's Analysis
Pakistan has become the country producing the most expensive electricity | Khawar Ghumman's Analysis
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00:00We will frame the question. It is Mr. Hassan Ayyub's wish to answer or not to answer.
00:06Mr. Hassan Ayyub, you spent a lot of time and focus on this in yesterday's program.
00:11And even today you said that a former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Mr. Bhatti,
00:16on whom you are accusing, because his son-in-law is in PTI,
00:21he has stopped the Election Commission from working.
00:25FIA.
00:27Okay, FIA, which had obviously ordered the Election Commission and whatever.
00:32So now, should our producer Mr. Zeeshan Babar file a petition against that government,
00:39which is an illegal and illegal decision?
00:43Or should I request our researcher, Mr. Sahir-e-Shah, to prepare a petition,
00:48to file it on behalf of the government of the day.
00:51That this is a political party that takes money from outside and terrorizes the country.
00:56The investigation that had to be done against it,
00:59was done by a former Chief Justice, after whom other Chief Justices have come to Lahore High Court.
01:04They have made a wrong, illegal, illegal decision.
01:07So that decision has to be removed.
01:09Whose responsibility is this? With whom will you put this responsibility?
01:11Look, in the past, 8 or 9 judges have come to the Supreme Court,
01:18and have come in different courts.
01:20In which Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramdeh Sahib is also included,
01:23who was made an Ad-Hoc Judge for a year.
01:25When an Ad-Hoc Judge is made, even if he retires from the post of Senior Communal Judge,
01:29when he sits in the bench, he is the Junior Most.
01:32So that seniority does not compromise in front of anyone.
01:35Now, the main thing that has come here,
01:37is the case regarding the appointment of Ad-Hoc Judges.
01:40And the criticism that is being made at the moment,
01:42you know that the pendency of the cases of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is touching 60,000.
01:48So, the Supreme Court of Pakistan is sitting here to listen to the cases of the common people,
01:53to give them priority,
01:55not to listen to the cases of the political elite.
01:57Courts do not have a job to get entangled in political matters.
02:00And in the past, our respected Justice Atar Manila Sahib,
02:03has repeatedly said that,
02:05why are you bringing the court into political matters?
02:08Now, let's move ahead.
02:10Now, the most important thing for me,
02:12the most important thing is that,
02:14if four judges come,
02:16then they will take their decision,
02:18that according to the law and the constitution,
02:20that is, after retirement,
02:22they are going to become Ad-Hoc Judges.
02:24If they take their decision according to the law and the constitution,
02:28and even after the age of retirement,
02:31if they hit the stick and do not give justice,
02:33then they will become God's criminals.
02:35So, these are the things that you should trust some people.
02:38Justice Masheer Alam has written this letter due to his poor health.
02:42He said that he is also doing some charity work.
02:45Viewers, let's move on to the next story.
02:47Unfortunately, you saw that this political struggle is still going on.
02:50It is our prayer that there is some peace in it,
02:53that the situation improves,
02:55but the situation that you are seeing now,
02:57the division is increasing in our political parties,
03:00and everywhere.
03:02Along with this, the thing that is being overlooked,
03:05which is not being focused on,
03:07which should be the focus of all political parties,
03:10which should be the focus of all institutions,
03:13that is the life of a poor man.
03:16The electricity bills in Pakistan at the moment,
03:19the way electricity prices are increasing,
03:22I think we are seeing that in our recent political history,
03:28this has never happened.
03:30Viewers, let's keep the news in front of you.
03:32Pakistan is producing the most expensive electricity due to IPPs.
03:36Fee unit is 80 rupees.
03:38This is in front of you.
03:40Viewers, let's keep some facts in front of you.
03:42Why is Pakistan producing electricity like this?
03:44The decision to give 80 rupees fee unit to commercial consumers
03:47has given Pakistan a unique position in the world.
03:49The most difficult industries to do business have reached the limit.
03:53The economy of the people is shrinking.
03:56The debt of the power sector has increased to 23 billion rupees.
04:02Along with IPPs, capacity payment agreements are the main reason for expensive electricity.
04:07This agreement was made by the People's Party in 1954.
04:10In 2002, there was a dictatorship.
04:13In 2015, the Pakistan Muslim League made this agreement.
04:17The agreements made with the power plants are a headache for the system and the people.
04:21Whether you buy electricity or not,
04:23you have to pay the power plants.
04:25And that too in dollars.
04:27If the value of money falls, the rate of IPPs also increases.
04:32According to NEPRA, 48% of IPPs are used for electricity.
04:37And 100% of money is paid.
04:40This is in the 5th Ghee of IPPs and the headache.
04:43I will explain this point to the viewers.
04:45He said that he will produce 1000 units of electricity in a year or in a month.
04:55The government does not need it.
04:57Or you can't take that much from them.
04:59Suppose they are producing 100 units.
05:04You only need 40 or 30 units from them.
05:07So he will give 30 units.
05:08But he will take 100 units of money.
05:10And he will take it in dollars.
05:12And the most capacity payment was made after 2015.
05:15The power plants run on coal.
05:17For which coal is being imported in dollars instead of coal.
05:22According to NEPRA documents, they collect all the money under the IPP agreement.
05:27While their production capacity is surprisingly low.
05:30Which I just told you.
05:32And who is responsible for the IPPs in the flowing Ganges?
05:40Why are the people having to suffer instead of those who have made the agreement?
05:44Political governments have the capacity to make agreements and pay for the people.
05:49But they don't pay attention to the agreements.
05:51Why is there no capacity to improve the system of electricity generation and to stop electricity theft?
05:56Mr. Naqvi, this is an important question.
05:58You often talk about this.
06:00This is also your favorite subject.
06:03Please suggest a solution.
06:05What should we do?
06:06How can we get out of IPPs?
06:07There is an article in which the people who have decided on the capacity payment...
06:11You have said a very good thing.
06:12You have said a very beautiful thing.
06:14The damage it has done to Pakistan, especially to the common people.
06:18And the biggest reason for the increase in inflation is not only for the poor.
06:22It has increased for the industrialists as well.
06:25When electricity became expensive, they had to shut down their factories.
06:28Unemployment increased.
06:30All these problems were born out of this.
06:32No doubt, Mr. Naqvi.
06:33Your opinion has come forward.
06:34What you are saying is right.
06:35The article 6 that we have put on people who have done this work.
06:38Because it has ruined the economy of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan.