According to a news report, Wapda has warned its consumers that households using airconditioners this summer will be charged at the rate of 1,150 units per month.

The fact is, honest customers use AC for a limited period of time on a daily basis whereas the dishonest ones will always cut a deal with the Wapda staff concerned and run their ACs 24/7 and still pay very little.

This additional charge will only force the hapless users to resort to corrupt tactics such as tampering with the meter or striking deals with meter readers.

This is how Wapda and other government corporations are going bankrupt. This also proves how Wapda is being used as an instrument of public torture.

The government is requested to ask Wapda to withdraw this illegitimate step and rectify its affairs on the whole and save itself from total collapse.

Moreover it is really a sad commentary on the economic status of a country that its electricity rates are highest in the world.

MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ Muzaffargarh