Public and private sector consumers owe Rs.232 billion to companies supplyingelectricity across Pakistan, authorities said.
Theministry of water and power told the National Assembly Monday that the powercompanies had Rs.232 billion outstanding against private and public sectorconsumers, reported Dawn.
Forinstance, the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has recoverable bills of Rs.20billion from the public sector organisations and Rs.11.263 billion from privateconsumers, the Sukkur Electric Supply Company has to recover Rs.29.7 billionfrom private consumers and Rs.18 billion from the public sector.
Officialsblamed political influence for poor recovery both in Hyderabad and Sukkur.