ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Army is the biggest defaulter of Wapda with Rs430 million outstanding dues, according to an official record placed before the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Other defaulters include the president's secretariat, Inter Services Intelligence, office/residence of the Senate chair and several civilian government departments. They owed a total of Rs5.09 billion to Wapda until Nov 2004.
The record, placed before the National Assembly by the ministry of water and power, showed that until November 2004, the president secretariat owed Rs3.7 million to Wapda.
It also listed the "chairman senate's office/residence" among the defaulters, which owed Rs7.5 million to Wapda. According to details, the defence forces owed Rs495 million to Wapda until November 2004. Following are the names of the federal and provincial government institutions and the money they owed to Wapda:
The ISI (Rs8 million); army (Rs430 million); Military Dairy Farm (Rs6.04 million); PAF (Rs46.07 million); Navy (Rs2.2 million); Others (Rs3.51 million); Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology Rawalpindi (Rs9.60 million); Frontier Constabulary (Rs6.0 million); Militia and Scouts (Rs6.22 million); hospitals under federal government (Rs13.40 million); Pak Secretariat (Rs21.41 million).
While the ministries of education (Rs4.07 million); Haj (Rs4.79 million); railways (Rs14.20 million); law (Rs4.68 million); industries and production (Rs8.38 million), and state and frontier regions (Rs27.14 million).
The political agent Khyber Agency owed Rs13.15 million; political agent North Waziristan Rs4.75 million; Central Excise and Customs Rs4.45 million; income tax department Rs4.62 million; Pakistan post office department Rs9.2 million; Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Rs4.20 million, and CDA Rs17.88 million.
Various departments under the NWFP owed Rs649.22 million; under Sindh government Rs2.09 billion; under the Balochistan government Rs512 million; under the Punjab government Rs572 million.
In a written reply, the minister for water and power told the house that meetings with chief secretaries and finance secretaries of the provinces had been held time and again for the recovery of outstanding Wapda dues. The minister, in the reply, said the relevant government officials were kept informed about the amount required to be paid by each institution on a monthly basis.
During the "Question Hour", Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam came under fire from the opposition and treasury members on the quality of service provided by Wapda to the consumers.
