{"id":149188,"date":"2020-10-08T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=149188"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:28:15","slug":"govt-drops-electricity-bombshell-on-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-drops-electricity-bombshell-on-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt drops electricity bombshell on people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : Government has  dropped electricity bombshell on the people as NEPRA has scaled up power tariff by 83 paisas per unit.<\/p>\n<p>The power tariff has been enhanced under Fuel Adjustment Surcharge  (FAS) head. The increase in electricity tariff will  take effect from the current month.  This hike in tariff will shift additional financial burden of over Rs 12 billion on the  consumers. <\/p>\n<p>This increase will not be applicable to K-Electric consumers. 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