KP gas stations not to make weekly closure

PESHAWAR: The All Pakistan CNG Associa-tion, Khyber- Pakhtukhwa chapter, has declined to close outlets for one day in a week, agreed with the government a couple of months ago.

Addressing a press conference at the press club here on Monday, the chairman of the association, Fayyaz Khan Mohammadzai, claimed that the Peshawar High Court had granted them relief on their petition against gas outages. The decision of the high court has been handed over to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL), he said.

However, after getting legal cover from the court they would not tolerate harassment of filling station owners.

“In the face of the court’s relief, forcing the CNG stations to observe gas holiday will be sheer injustice,” he said.

Elaborating, he said 350 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas is produced in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa compared to its demand of 150mmcf while only 20mmcf is consumed by CNG stations.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 15^th, 2010.