{"id":32010,"date":"2023-12-06T04:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-ends-free-electricity-facility-for-discos-gencos-officers\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T04:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:25:04","slug":"pakistan-ends-free-electricity-facility-for-discos-gencos-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-ends-free-electricity-facility-for-discos-gencos-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ends free electricity facility for DISCOs, GENCOs officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ended free electricity units for the DISCOs and GENCOs, WAPDA and NTDC officers, effective from December 1, ARY News reported on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a notification issued by the power division, it was stated the federal cabinet had approved monetisation of free electricity units admissible to the employees of Wapda, ex-Wapda companies, including distribution companies (Discos), generation companies (Gencos), National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) and Power Information Technology Company (PITC).<\/p>\n<p>According to the notification, 17 to 21 officers of the power companies will get a utility allowance instead of free electricity units from now onwards.<\/p>\n<p>The notification further said the grade-17 employee of Discos and Wapda, who are allowed 450 units per month, would now be paid its cost at Rs15,858 per month<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the officers of DISCOs from 18 to 21 will get monthly utility allowance of Rs21,996, Rs37,594, Rs46,922 and Rs55,536, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a title=\"WAPDA employees protest for continuity of free electricity\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wapda-employees-protest-for-continuity-of-free-electricity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WAPDA employees protest for continuity of free electricity<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 17-grade officers of GENCOs will likely receive a monthly utility allowance of Rs 24,570, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The GENCO officers of 18 grade will receive Rs 26,460 monthly instead of 700 free electricity units.<\/p>\n<p>The GENCO officers from grades 19 to 21 will now receive monthly utility allowances of Rs42,720, Rs46,992 and Rs55,536, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The power division notification further stated that the employees of WAPDA, GENCOs, DISCOs and NTDC will now have to pay their monthly electricity <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_3Bg1tv0Msw\">bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ended free electricity units for the DISCOs and GENCOs, WAPDA and NTDC officers, effective from December 1, ARY News reported on Wednesday. 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