In 1994, Benazir Bhutto introduced 15 Independent Power Companies (IPPs) of private investors to generate electricity to control load shedding. An agreement was made with them that these people will install power plants for the production of electricity by themselves or with foreign investment and the government will be obliged to buy all the electricity from them under their production capacity (Capacity Payments) against which the payments will be in dollars. I will be done. That is, if the production of an IPP is 1500 megawatts and the government buys only 700 megawatts of electricity, then the payments will be 1500 megawatts. He was in charge of the Ministry of Power and Water during Benazir’s tenure. Mian Nawaz Sharif as opposition leader opposed the government projects. He told the nation that the purpose of installing these factories is not to provide abundant electricity to the people but to get commission and kickbacks, but when he came to power, he also focused on these IPPs instead of working on any water project. . To know the reality of the installation of these factories, see an incident narrated by Ghulam Mustafa Khar in the past. “When the delegation of the international company came to Islamabad after visiting Bangladesh and India and signed the MoU after a one-day negotiation with the officials of the Ministry of Water and Power, a dinner was given in honor of the delegation, Khar said. Asked the chief what difference did you feel in the behavior of the government officials of the three countries Bangladesh, India and Pakistan? But the negotiations continued for a week. The Bangladeshi delegation agreed to buy electricity at three and a half cents per unit after much negotiation. A week’s booking was made for India, but the negotiations lasted for ten days and the Indian authorities agreed to rates of two and a half cents per unit. When the matter was settled, the head of the Indian delegation asked for the commission. The companies are ready for the deal. Compulsively we fulfilled the demand. Arranged a fortnight schedule for Pakistan. It was thought that Pakistan’s economic situation was in dire straits, so there would be tough bargaining, but when we arrived, we were sent to rest. On the second day, at the beginning of the negotiations, we were asked how much our commission would be. We have guaranteed kickbacks. fixed the rate and will leave for home today. . These agreements were also similar to those of the People’s Party government, so by 2002 a total of 30 IPPs were involved in the very lucrative business of generating electricity and also printing dollars. In 2006, General Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz distributed licenses to 38 more IPPs to print dollars, taking the number of IPPs to 68. In 2015, PML-N issued IPPs licenses to 7 more investors and the number increased to 75. 18 thousand billion rupees to these IPPs in 10 years till 2023
Agreements were made with them on even more profitable terms In 10 years from 2013 to 2023, payments of 18 thousand billion rupees have been made to these IPPs, out of which the value of electricity purchased About 9 thousand 650 billion rupees, while payments of about 8 thousand 350 billion rupees have been made to these IPPs in terms of production capacity. As the dollar appreciates, so does electricity. Due to which the owners are earning trillions of rupees, while the electricity bills for the poor have become death certificates. When Imran Khan found out that these companies were charging 40,000 megawatts of electricity by providing 22,000 megawatts of electricity, he ordered that the same amount of electricity should be provided as much as the money being taken. During the period of 1950, the consumption of electricity reached 32 thousand megawatts and Imran Khan took electricity from these IPPs and provided it to the industry of other cities including Faisalabad. and it is also a fact that load shedding had ended to a great extent during Imran Khan’s tenure, the reason for this was that Imran Khan could not terminate these contracts, but under the principle of capacity charges, these companies were emphasized to They should provide as much electricity as they are taking. Yes. Now if these three countries are ruling the country, who will do justice? Will these governments and parties save the people from the punishment of electricity who are themselves involved in these agreements? . It should be returned to the government treasury, if these companies do not return the payment, then they should be obliged to provide free electricity for the next few years so that they can recover the amount paid. Agreements hostile to the people should be terminated immediately. People should be provided cheap super and hydropower Electricity slab system should be abolished and three hundred units of lifeline should be restored.
