KE offers to establish hot desk to facilitate business community

• KE officials briefs the business community on mechanism of withholding tax and time of use (ToU) metering.
• The KE management apprises the businessmen of the initiatives taken by the utility to overcome the challenges faced by the industry.
• K-Electric has always supported the industries of Karachi, says KE CFO Muhammad Aamir Ghaziani

KARACHI: K-Electric has offered to set-up a short-term hot desk to facilitate the members of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI), The News reported.

The KE officials extended the offer during their visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) on Tuesday.

During the visit, the KE officials briefed the business community of Karachi on new connection procedures, mechanism of withholding tax and time of use (ToU) metering.

The KE management apprised the businessmen of the initiatives taken by the utility to overcome the challenges faced by the industry as well as about various schemes it had launched to facilitate the business community.

The members of the Karachi Chamber were also told about the recent addition of withholding tax on utility bills for just non-filers across all consumer categories after the imposition of the Finance Act 2021.

K-Electric CFO Muhammad Aamir Ghaziani said, “Fully cognizant of traders’ vital contributions to the national economy, K-Electric has always supported the industries of Karachi. KE was Pakistan’s first distribution company to exempt industrial zones from loadshedding.”