Pakistan, July 29 -- Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has strongly criticized the performance of electric distribution companies, stating that punishing an entire neighborhood or village for the negligence of a few individuals is a form of "collective punishment," which is completely unjust and unacceptable.

Speaking during a session of the Sindh Assembly, he said that if a few people in an area fail to pay their electricity bills, cutting off power to the entire area or removing the transformer is equivalent to oppression. He added that punishing the public for the incompetence and poor systems of the institutions is not justifiable under any circumstances.

Sharjeel Inam Memon further said that if only two or three individuals in a ...