Pakistan, June 5 -- The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) on Thursday strongly refuted a media report claiming that the government planned to increase fixed electricity charges to discourage industrial consumers from shifting to solar energy, terming the assertion "factually incorrect and misleading."

In a statement issued here, the Power Division clarified that no proposal had been shared with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at penalizing industrial consumers for using less than their sanctioned loads or for adopting solar and other off-grid energy solutions.

It said the report was based on a misunderstanding of an optional tariff framework currently under consideration.

The claim made by the author of the story titled "...