ISLAMABAD: The President’s Secretariat has issued directives to the Ministry of Housing and Works and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman to resolve the issue of payment of electricity bills for government employees’ residential flats in Sector I-9/4 and other sectors.
According to sources, the orders were made following Wafaqi Mohtasib’s orders after the Pak PWD stopped paying the electricity bills of motor pumps in June 2022.
The President’s Secretariat has called for a meeting to resolve the issue, with two representatives of the complainants included, and submit a compliance report to the Wafaqi Mohtasib within 30 days.
The complainants are low-paid employees and have contended that the electricity meters for water motors were installed by the Pak PWD and bills were paid by it from the start.
It is to note here that Chaudhry Amjad Ali, representing the welfare body of residents of Government flats, raised a complaint before the Wafaqi Mohtasib regarding the stoppage of electricity bills of motor pumps by the Pak PWD after June 2022.
Unsatisfied with the response, another government employee resident in sector G-8/2 flats approached the President’s House.
The complainants argued that the government is deducting 5% maintenance charges from their salaries, and the Pak PWD had installed the electricity meters for water motors, paying bills from the start.
The President’s Secretariat has directed the Ministry of Housing and Works and the CDA to resolve the issue without any delay and submit a compliance report to the Wafaqi Mohtasib within 30 days.
