Pakistan, May 18 -- The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Businessmen Panel (BMP) has urged the government to revisit the recently approved tariff for electricity imports from Iran, warning that the actual delivered cost to Pakistani consumers could exceed Rs44 per unit after adding transmission losses, surcharges and distribution charges, further undermining industrial competitiveness.

The concern emerged after the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) approved a tariff mechanism for the import of 104 MW electricity and an additional 100 MW from Iran's state-owned power company TAVANIR for Balochistan's Makran region.

Under the newly approved arrangement, the electricity tariff has been fixed at ...