Caretaker Power Minister Muhammad Ali and Information Minister Murtaza Solangi address press conference in Islamabad on September 6, 2023. PHOTO: SCREENGRABThe caretaker government announced on Wednesday a crackdown on electricity theft and the establishment of a taskforce as well as a law in this regard. The ministers, flanked by Energy and Power Secretary Mahmood Langrial, underscored that the caretaker government was committed to addressing electricity theft through stringent measures. Read LAND OF FLICKERING LIGHTS: WHY PAKISTAN'S POWER WOES PERSISTThe power division will be drafting an "Energy Theft Law" within three weeks, informed Ali. The interim ministers shared that the power division will also be initiating departmental action to eliminate power theft once an inquiry is conducted to identify those accountable for "human and technical errors".
