The issue of electricity bills is spiralling out of control and if not addressed properly, the situation can spark major social unrest.
Adding insult to injury, political parties such as the PML-N and PPP, once part of the PDM and responsible for creating the mess in the energy sector in the last three decades, came out to support protests by people against the rising cost of energy.
IPPs are depicted as the source of all evil and their contracts are blamed as the root cause of all the issues in the energy supply chain. But isn’t that the responsibility of the government to safeguard the interest of the common consumer while signing those business contracts with the IPPs?
Are IPP contracts original sin? | The Express Tribune
Contracts with independent power producers struck at unfavourable terms
