Karachi: Civil society representatives filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court against Nepra’s hearing on K Electric’s seven-year investment plan in Islamabad instead of Karachi.
The petition has been filed by civil society representatives Mahfouzul Nabi Khan, Haleem Khan Ghori, Ashfaq Lodhi, Mahfouz Ahmed, Waliur Rahman Usmani and others. A division bench headed by Justice Aqeel Abbasi will hear the petition tomorrow.
The petition stated that the hearing of Nepra’s KK Electric investment plan during 2024-2030 was mysteriously held in Islamabad instead of Karachi even though the target of the project is Karachi and the consumers are also from Karachi.
The petition also states that the purpose of Nepra’s hearing in Islamabad is to deprive Consumer Electric from participating in the hearing, and that there is no description of the said project on the website of Nepra and K Electric, which is clearly and clearly malicious. .
The petition has requested that the electricity transmission and distribution system in Karachi should be brought into competition with other companies through public auction instead of a single company or be returned to the government custody and Nepra’s mysterious hearing in Islamabad. should be declared null and void.
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