LAHORE: All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) Chairman Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha has lamented that the filing station in Punjab have not been given gas supply for the last six months, which has left hundreds of thousands of people jobless.
Paracha in a statement said that the CNG owners continued to pay rents, salaries and fixed bills of gas and electricity while the machinery is rusting due to suspended operations. He warned that the government would be responsible for all loses if CNG stations were not reopened without any delay.
He said that gas utilities are harassing CNG operators unnecessarily while government has failed to keep promise of reopening CNG stations in Punjab by March 15. Demanding action by the Petroleum Minister against elements hurting CNG industry, he said that all natural gas consuming sectors should be dealt with justice and CNG consumers should be informed about reason behind excesses.
The APCNGA chairman said that CNG sector initiated serious efforts on LNG for CNG project on the direction of the government and over eight hundred CNG stations in Punjab accepted LNG as fuel while remaining remained indecisive due to lack of trust over government. He said that CNG sector has the ability to import CNG in line with the LNG policy but some elements are hindering it.
These elements are not doing any service to the country and nation, he said, adding that the CNG stations should be reopened instantly so that we could play role in the national economy.
