Summary
The federal and provincial governments collectively owe more than Rs2.56 trillion in unpaid bills to the DISCOs across the country, official documents available with The Express Tribune revealed on Wednesday.
There are 12 DISCOs across the country - Faisalabad Electric Supply Company; Gujranwala Electric Power Company; Hazara Electric Supply Company; Hyderabad Electric Supply Company; Islamabad Electric Supply Company; K-Electric; Lahore Electric Supply Company; Multan Electric Power Company; Peshawar Electric Power Company; Quetta Electric Supply Company; Sukkur Electric Power Company, and Tribal Electric Supply Company.
According to the documents, the federal government owed Rs47.81 billion while the provincial governments owed Rs1.51 trillion.
Furthermore, the subordinate institutions of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government have outstanding payments of Rs56.77 billion to these power utilities.
Similarly, the Punjab government had unpaid bills to the tune of Rs33.05 billion, which were due to the distribution companies of Lahore, Multan, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Islamabad regions.