The Azad Kashmir government has issued electricity bills according to the new tariff, charging consumers Rs3 per unit. As per details, the development came after violent protests and an agreement was signed between the government and the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). The Azad Kashmir government has fulfilled its promise to provide affordable electricity to the public by issuing bills at the new rate, with no surcharge. The outstanding amounts will be collected in 12 installments. As per the agreement signed in May, the electricity rate was fixed at Rs3 per unit. The Azad Kashmir government issued a notification implementing the new tariff, with rates of Rs3 per unit for up to 100 units, Rs5 per unit for 100-300 units, and Rs6 per unit for above 300 units. Azad Kashmir witnessed violent clashes between the police and activists of a rights movement amid a wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across the territory, which left at least one police official dead and several others injured.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan