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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday ordered comprehensive technical audit of billing systems of power distribution companies (Discos) and stressed that power sector reforms remained among the government’s foremost priorities.
Presiding over a review meeting on power division issues here, the prime minister said as performance of the distribution companies had improved considerably, but more efforts were still required. He termed the countrywide installation of smart meters indispensable for the sector’s turnaround, a Prime Minister’s Office news release said.
The prime minister said strict measures should be enforced at every level of the power sector, adding that electricity theft should be eliminated.
He instructed the power division to devise clear performance indicators to gauge the working of distribution companies and to set integrated targets backed by defined timelines.
