{"id":14801,"date":"2025-07-07T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=14801"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:05:05","slug":"naumaan-ijaz-slams-high-electricity-prices-have-mercy-on-the-common-man-stop-this-200-unit-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=14801","title":{"rendered":"Naumaan Ijaz Slams High Electricity Prices: &#8220;Have Mercy on the Common Man, Stop This 200-Unit Cruelty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"425\"><strong>Renowned actor Naumaan Ijaz has taken a sharp dig at the recent hike in electricity prices and the controversial unit-based billing system, urging an end to what he called the &#8220;200-unit cruelty.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"727\">In Pakistan, the recurring rise in power tariffs has become a growing concern for citizens, and now voices from the showbiz industry are also joining the protest. With scorching heat and load-shedding worsening across the country, inflated electricity bills have doubled the hardships for the public.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"858\">As household meters tick rapidly, so do the anxieties of consumers, prompting the constant question: how long will this continue?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"1301\">Amid this backdrop, NEPRA recently announced revisions in the electricity tariff structure for domestic users.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/humnews.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7.jpg\" alt=\"\u0628\u062c\u0644\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u0646\u0631\u062e\u0648\u06ba \u067e\u0631 \u0646\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0639\u062c\u0627\u0632 \u06a9\u0627 \u063a\u0635\u06c1: &#039;\u062e\u062f\u0627\u0631\u0627 \u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0622\u062f\u0645\u06cc \u067e\u0631 \u0631\u062d\u0645 \u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u06ba\u060c 200 \u06cc\u0648\u0646\u0679 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u06cc \u0628\u062f\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0634\u06cc \u0628\u0646\u062f \u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u06ba \u2014 \u067e\u0627\u06a9 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0679\u0633: \u0633\u0646\u0633\u0646\u06cc \u0646\u06c1\u06cc\u06ba\u060c \u0635\u0631\u0641 \u062e\u0628\u0631\u202b\u202c - PakAlerts.net \u2014 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0639\u062a\u0645\u0627\u062f \u0688\u06cc\u062c\u06cc\u0679\u0644 \u0646\u06cc\u0648\u0632 \u067e\u0644\u06cc\u0679 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0645 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645\u06cc \u0627\u0645\u0648\u0631\u060c \u062a\u0627\u0632\u06c1 \u062a\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u062e\u0628\u0631\u06cc\u06ba, \u0633\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u062a, \u0679\u06cc\u06a9\u0646\u0627\u0644\u0648\u062c\u06cc\u060c \u06a9\u06be\u06cc\u0644\u060c \u0645\u0639\u06cc\u0634\u062a\u060c \u062a\u0641\u0631\u06cc\u062d\u060c \u0635\u062d\u062a\u060c \u062a\u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0645\u060c \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u06c1\u062a \u06a9\u0686\u06be \u0627\u06cc\u06a9 \u062c\u06af\u06c1 \u067e\u0631\u06d4\" width=\"587\" height=\"341\" title=\"\">According to the new policy, consumers using 1 to 100 units will be charged Rs. 10.54 per unit, while those using 101 to 200 units will pay Rs. 13 per unit. However, for non-protected users exceeding 200 units, the rate will jump to Rs. 22.44 per unit, and for over 201 units, rates can range from Rs. 28.91 to Rs. 47.69 per unit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1416\">While these figures may seem simple on paper, surviving under such rates is anything but easy for the common man.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1704\">Expressing his frustration on social media, Naumaan Ijaz wrote that in this intense heat, a common man keeps looking at the electric meter, the sun, and his children \u2014 but finds no relief. He appealed to the government to eliminate the 200-unit slab system and show mercy to the people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1867\">According to him, this unjust structure is only worsening public suffering, as ordinary citizens are being crushed under the weight of soaring electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"2048\">NEPRA has stated that these new rates will be implemented after government approval. However, the public is already struggling due to high electricity costs and prolonged outages.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2050\" data-end=\"2266\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Naumaan Ijaz\u2019s post has resonated widely, echoing the concerns of countless households across the country who are grappling with heavy bills and the constant on-and-off struggle with power during this intense summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned actor Naumaan Ijaz has taken a sharp dig at the recent hike in electricity prices and the controversial unit-based billing system, urging an end to what he called the &#8220;200-unit cruelty.&#8221; In Pakistan, the recurring rise in power tariffs has become a growing concern for citizens, and now voices from the showbiz industry are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"3","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"no-sidebar","sidebar":"home-loop","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"ago","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","number_popup_post":"5","show_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36,39],"tags":[7348,2638,7347,7350,7349,7351],"class_list":["post-14801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","category-showbiz","tag-200-unit-slab","tag-electricity-tariff","tag-naumaan-ijaz","tag-nepra-rates","tag-power-price-hike","tag-public-outrage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14803,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801\/revisions\/14803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}