The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday issued stay order on the charging fuel price adjustment on the electricity bills from the KP consumers. The short order was issued by PHC Justice Roohul Ameen Khan and Justice Shahid Khan and sought the reply from the federal government, Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). The petitioner stated that the KP consumers being charged fuel price adjustment illegally as they were getting electricity from hydropower generation and the province was self-sufficient in generating the hydropower generation. The petitioner added that KP was also supply additional electricity to other parts of the country, whereas, fuel price adjustment was charged on generating electricity from alternative energy sources.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP