Overview
- The National Assembly committee directed K-Electric’s CEO to appear at the next meeting to explain commercial tariffs charged to residents of the Pakistan Steel Mills township and to submit a full account of amounts collected.
- Lawmakers adopted a subcommittee report on Pakistan Steel Mills and extended the subcommittee’s mandate for one month to continue investigating alleged theft and mismanagement.
- Members reported that assets appear to be missing at the mill and pressed the Industries Ministry to act, with the allegations currently under investigation rather than adjudicated.
- The panel questioned whether taxes collected from consumers by the sugar, cement and tobacco sectors are being properly remitted and called representatives of those industries and the FBR to the next session.
- The committee ordered that clear cases of pending dues to laid-off Utility Stores Corporation employees be settled before Eid and approved six ongoing PSDP projects for FY2026-27 after ministry clarifications.