A worker of Peshawar Electric Supply Company climbs up a high-voltage pylon in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 7, 2017. — ReutersPlan ends system where businesses subsidised household bills.Move may trigger 1.1 percentage point jump in inflation in year.Industrial groups say high…
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