ISLAMABAD: As part of his efforts to mitigate the sufferings of flood victims, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday unveiled a relief package for the affectees, saying that the recent rains and flooding had caused severe human and material losses.
In a televised message to the nation, the premier said the devastation had been widespread, and the government was fully aware of the difficulties being faced by the people.
“Helping the flood victims is our duty,” the premier stressed, adding that instructions had been issued to electricity distribution companies to take immediate measures.
Under the relief package, one month’s electricity bills of residential consumers in flood-affected areas have been waived. For commercial and industrial consumers, the collection of August bills has been postponed.
The federal government will bear the cost of the waived bills, while those who had already paid will be refunded in their next billing cycle, PM Shehbaz noted.
PM Shehbaz added that the losses in the agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors were also being assessed. He vowed that he would not rest until every displaced person was rehabilitated and able to return home.
