The Prime Minister took a serious notice of reports regarding over billing of electricity bills during the last two months across the country and directed the Ministry of Water and Power to redress genuine grievances of the consumers. In this connection, the Prime Minister also constituted a committee chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister Mussadiq Malik which will submit its report within a week and it will come up for discussion in the next cabinet meeting. Nawaz Sharif added that the government is firmly committed to a dialogue process as it believes in resolving all issues through negotiations. "All constitutional and legal demands of the PTI and PAT have been discussed, but the unconstitutional and illegal demands cannot be accepted," said the Prime Minister after Cabinet was given a briefing by Shahid Khan, Secretary Interior, on law and order situation in federal capital and federal ministers updated the cabinet on the dialogue process with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Earlier, the cabinet was given a detailed briefing on the flood situation and relief and rescue efforts being carried out in the affected areas by NDMA under the chairmanship of Major General Muhammad Saeed Aleem. The Prime Minister also directed NDMA to present a comprehensive disaster management plan to the cabinet in its next meeting. Floods and heavy rains across the country killed 274 persons and damaged 43,000 houses, according to preliminary estimates. A total number of 1.9 million persons in 10 districts and 3,000 villages have been affected by floods. Pakistan Army is also helping in rescue and relief activities in flood-hit areas, the Cabinet was told.