Lesco makes list of Rs7.751bn defaulters

LAHORE: The Lahore Electricity Supply Company (Lesco) has prepared a list of 200 defaulters for recovery of arrears through Rangers and sensitive agencies. The list will be provided to the “DISCO Support Unit”, formed to prevent electricity theft and solve problems. The agencies will also have the power to arrest. These 200 defaulters owe Rs7,705,814,323. Forty-four defaulters of Circle Code 111 owe Rs125,182,170; nine defaulters of Circle Code 112 Rs172,622,127; defaulters of Circle Code 113 Rs3,359,788,710; two defaulters of Circle Code 114 Rs5,006,842; four defaulters of Circle Code 115 Rs110,037,627; 19 defaulters of Circle Code 116 Rs1,112,278,357; 16 defaulters of Circle Code 117 Rs63,796,605; four defaulters of Circle Code 118 Rs732,150,02, while 16 defaulters of Circle Code 119 owe Rs964,949,979. LESCO’s biggest and 17-year-old defaulter, Quetta Textile Mills, Multan Road Manga Mandi, owes Rs314,650,826; Superior Textile Mills, Manga Road Raiwind Rs256,148,595; Siddiqui Iron Industries, Bhogiwal Road Baghbanpura Lahore Rs224,659,936; M/s Ali Group of Companies Shamkewala Sheikhupura Rs181,238,213; Rehman Steel Furnace, Band Road Lahore Rs161,230,754; Javed Iqbal Maqsoodanpura Rs141,084,694; Mehr Muhammad Yunus, Band Road Baghbanpura Rs136,430,514; Muhammad Omar Work M/s Heera Terry Mills, Manga Raiwind Road Rs131,873,287; Waris Shah, M/s Casting Metal Qila Sattar Shah Mureed Road Sheikhupura Rs131,352,998; Yousuf Weaving Mills, Multan Road Manga Mandi Rs128,72, 707; Muhammad Riaz, Swami Nagar Lahore Rs120,438,138; Hameed Steel Industries Private Limited, Sheikhupura Road Lahore Rs123,329,277; M Mirza Mominpura Tehsil Ferozwala Rs121,808,46; Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Ring Road Mouza Lakhodeer Lahore Rs127,1,6 60; Muhammad Faisal, M/s Al-Faisal Exports, Shamke Road Muridke Rs117,66,106; Sheikh Naseem Iqbal, M/s Aafaq & Daniyal Steel Industries, Shamke Road Muridke Rs119,79,336, Malik Ali Haider, Bhattianwala Sheikhupura Road Ferozwala Rs104,932,800; Muhammad Yamin, M/s Gold Star Steel Industries, Bypass Semnala Sheikhupura Rs109,324,874 and Mirza Ghulam Mustafa, M/s MGM Corporation Private Limited Faisalabad Road Ferozwala owes Rs104,731,744.