LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asked the electricity distribution companies (Discos) to immediately stop the collection of August 2025 bills from the people in flood-affected areas.
Chairing a meeting on the matter here, the prime minister said a comprehensive relief package regarding electricity bills for the affected regions would be finalised and announced after the conclusion of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said the electricity bills already paid by flood-affected consumers for August would be adjusted in the upcoming month’s bills.
On the scale of devastation, PM Shehbaz said floods had displaced and affected millions in Pakistan.
“In this difficult time, we are making every possible effort to ease the pain of our people,” he said emphasising that the federal and provincial institutions were fully engaged in rescue and rehabilitation operations.
“We will not rest until every flood victim returns to home,” he said.
Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2025