KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was on Wednesday informed that the federal government had assured the provincial government that there was no proposal under consideration to impose tax on generation of electricity through solar panels.

Furnishing a statement and replies to the lawmakers’ written and verbal queries during Question Hour, Energy Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the provincial government had immediately approached the federal government when a report regarding the proposal of imposing tax on the solar panels appeared in the media, expressing its grave concern and reservation on the reported proposals.

However, he said, the federal government had assured the provincial government that no such proposal was under consideration.

“In this era of inflation and especially when people are fed up with high electricity bills, imposing tax on solar panels will be tantamount to a total abuse of the people,” he added.

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