{"id":413176,"date":"2024-06-16T09:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=413176"},"modified":"2024-06-16T09:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T04:09:07","slug":"kcci-appreciates-pm-for-reducing-electricity-tariff-of-industrial-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kcci-appreciates-pm-for-reducing-electricity-tariff-of-industrial-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"KCCI appreciates PM for reducing electricity tariff of industrial sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KARACHI<br \/>\nPresident Karachi Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry (KCCI) Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who has kept his promise of rationalizing the electricity rate by bringing it down by Rs10.69 per unit for industrial sector.<br \/>\nIn a statement issued, KCCI President stated that the entire business community particularly the Small &#038; Medium Enterprises (SMEs) were very grateful as they were finding it very difficult to survive purely because of exorbitantly high electricity rates but now, they will be able to breathe.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are sure that similarly, the gas prices will also be brought to regionally competitive levels as promised by the prime minister\u201d, he said, adding that the energy tariffs have to be brought down to regionally competitive levels to bring cost of doing business and cost of manufacturing down to international level.<br \/>\nHe, however, asked the Prime Minister that although relief in the form of reduction in tariff has been announced but on the other hand, K-Electric has raised Fixed Charge by 300 percent from Rs460 to Rs2,000 which requires government\u2019s intervention otherwise, relief provided by the federation would fade away.<\/p>\n<p>While once again thanking the Prime Minister for taking the right decision, President KCCI extended full support and cooperation to the government for all its future endeavors to promote industrialization and the exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI President Karachi Chamber of Commerce &#038; Industry (KCCI) Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who has kept his promise of rationalizing the electricity rate by bringing it down by Rs10.69 per unit for industrial sector. 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