LPG body complains about low-quality gas import

Adulterated LPG coming via Taftan, Mand land routes

LAHORE: The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) has asked the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Petroleum, Federal Board of Revenue and Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority to take urgent measures to curb import and smuggling of low-quality, adulterated LPG into the country.

According to the association, the substandard LPG is coming into the country through the land route of Taftan and Mand and is not only hurting local producers of LPG, but is also posing serious environmental and health risks.

The issue was raised at a meeting of the LPGAP presided over by its Chairman Farooq Iftikhar, where association members emphasised the need for taking immediate steps to curb the smuggling.

Iftikhar said the import and smuggling of low-quality, spurious and adulterated LPG was not only harming the sale of local good-quality LPG, but was also posing a threat to the environment and people’s health.

He asked the petroleum and finance ministries to take notice of the import of dangerous LPG as it was also causing financial loss to the national exchequer.

The LPGAP chairman said some unscrupulous importers were selling cheap LPG to unregistered players who besides playing with the lives of people and wasting foreign exchange also caused substantial revenue loss to the government.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7^th, 2017.

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