Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar Haq Kakar has called an emergency meeting today regarding electricity prices.
The Prime Minister has also directed to give a detailed briefing to the Ministry of Electricity and distribution companies
On the other hand, the protest against the electricity bills has started gaining strength across the country and instead of paying the electricity bills, the consumers started to burn these venting their anger over inflated electricity bills coming this month.
Protests were held in Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Attock, Okara, Sargodha, Haripur and many other cities where the angry people demanded immediate reduction in tariff and withdrawal of taxes.