SANGHAR, July 20: A physically disabled person held a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against inclusion of television licence fee in his power bill.
Talking to journalists, Abdullah Burdi said that he received his monthly electricity bill that included Rs25 as licence fee despite the fact that he did not own a television set.
He said that he went to the Hesco SDO for correction, but was informed that he should contact the revenue officer. At the revenue office, he was given a form to be filled and verified by the area postmaster, he added.
However, the postmaster refused to verify it on the pretext that he did not have the time nor sufficient staff to check the form entries, he said. Mr Burdi alleged that several people who did not own a television set, were made to pay the fee whereas those in his own neighbourhood, who did possess TV sets, were excluded.
