No respite for commercial users

KARACHI - The new revised tariff brought no remedy to the commercial users of the utility while 13 per cent reduction in domestic tariff is also not sufficient, The Nation learnt from its sources on Thursday.
The government has announced to reduce the domestic tariff up to 13 per cent while the commercial tariff remained untouched during this revision.
It is note worthy that the tariff increment announced previously, was about 45% to 50%, after the inclusion of taxes. Now, the revision made by the special committee formed by the government for this purpose suggested reducing the tariff up to 13%. After the inclusion of different taxes, the increment now stands at 32%. While it is to be noted that the committee has recommended no reduction in power tariff for the commercial and industrial users.