{"id":63486,"date":"2025-01-24T17:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63486"},"modified":"2025-01-24T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:40:55","slug":"govt-employees-get-free-electricity-worth-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-employees-get-free-electricity-worth-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt employees get free electricity worth billions"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division<\/a> is <\/span>pushing<\/span>\u00a0for free electricity to be\u00a0<\/span>given<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>employees of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government-owned power sector entities<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the ground that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0part of their employment terms and conditions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>along<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>other benefits like medical care and accommodation.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>facility<\/span>\u00a0is quite\u00a0<\/span>huge<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0441.5 million units of electricity\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0provided\u00a0<\/span>every<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>free<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>cost to 200,000 employees of public <\/span>and corporate sector entities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Out of which 308.2 million units are <\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>serving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>employees, while\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>retired employees<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>get<\/span> 133.2 million units.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>many<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>149,000<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>employees<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>different<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>DISCO’s<\/span>\u00a0receive free\u00a0<\/span>units\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>electricity<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>every<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their service package. The Power Division<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in a written response to the National Assembly<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>similar<\/span> benefits\u00a0 are <\/span>prevalent<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>among<\/span>\u00a0other public and corporate sector organizations<\/span> such as Pakistan International Airline (PIA), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited cricket team (SNGPL),\u00a0 Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Pakistan Railways, and PTCL<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>appears<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that the Power Division is\u00a0<\/span>trying<\/span>\u00a0to justify\u00a0<\/span>free electricity to its employees based on the occurrence of similar benefits <\/span>based<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>occurrence<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>similar<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>benefits<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>organizations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>nature<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ironical\u00a0<\/span>to note that NEPRA has opposed free units or monetization to employees of power sector entities and <\/span>instead suggested\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span>be given utility allowance like other public sector organizations<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division is pushing\u00a0for free electricity to be\u00a0given\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0employees of\u00a0the\u00a0government-owned power sector entities\u00a0on\u00a0the ground that\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0part of their employment terms and conditions\u00a0along\u00a0with\u00a0other benefits like medical care and accommodation. This\u00a0facility\u00a0is quite\u00a0huge,\u00a0as\u00a0441.5 million units of electricity\u00a0are\u00a0provided\u00a0every\u00a0year\u00a0free\u00a0of\u00a0cost to 200,000 employees of public and corporate sector entities. Out of which 308.2 million units are for\u00a0serving\u00a0employees, while\u00a0the\u00a0retired employees\u00a0get 133.2 million […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":38006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6499,26022,26023],"class_list":["post-63486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ptcl","tag-disco","tag-free-electricity-for-govt-employees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63488,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63486\/revisions\/63488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}