KARACHI: Just eight months after its implementation, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is considering raising Municipal Utility Charges and Tax (MUCT), which is collected through electricity bills, by up to 100 per cent.

“Financial status” of the local government and “development projects” in the city were cited as reasons behind the proposal which has come up with the agenda disbursed by the KMC to the members of the City Council for its upcoming session due on April 21, where it would seek approval of the house to implement the revised structure of the MUCT.

The KMC had formally notified the MUCT in Aug 2024 and started collection of the tax through KE bills. Both the KMC and the power utility had originally signed an agreement in June 2022 which had finally become effective from July after the City Council approved the levy of the charges.

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