APCNG chairman Ghayas Paracha has claimed that the LPG “mafia” is trying to bring down the CNG business by initiating false allegations. He said that they are claiming that the CNG stations are using up most of the gas of the country which is not true.
The members of APCNG held protests in Karachi and warned that the protests will continue till the CNG price hike and the new tax imposed in the budget are taken back.
They also warned of blocking the Karachi-Hyderabad highway in protest.
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I personally believe that Transportation is more important then a few industries.
example Industries require Transportation like for workers and their products, Transportation is also required by other sectors.
Load-shading of CNG Stations will not have a beneficial for anything, In fact it will boost up the increase in the value of the CNG.
As the value of the CNG increases so will the expenses on every sector. workers will have to pay more for their transportation etc..
well they were all my views on the topic...
@saad
For those of you bleating in shrill voices to "give" the cng portion of gas to industries, consider this: cng has an 8% share of our national consumption. so, apparently aptma, ipp's and fertilizer are mentally constipated enough to believe that taking that 8% from cng and distributing it among themselves will make a significant and material difference in the current shortage.
oh, and before the bleating about industry being the silver bullet that will save this country's economy begins again, cng contributes 20% of the total amount of taxes collected from commercial consumers. consider that before you cast aspersions and half-baked accusations at the cng business.
For 50 years we are burning gas for cooking and now we don't have gas internationaly Propane LPG is used for this purpose its anm alternate fuel which we produce and is cost Effeciant we don't need to buy from any country this is the only reason our leaders are manipulating the product
When will people learn that we have limited gas and thus CNG is the least of priorities. The gas can and should be used elsewhere particularly the textile industry to generate more jobs.
@Haneef: you dont know how much percentage of gas is being used in CNG stations. Its just a fraction of the total consumption but Petrol and LPG Mafia led by Dr Asim is trying to destroy not only CNG sector but also depriving poor people off from a cheaper fuel.
If CNG is shut down, no body will be to breath in Karachi because of pollution. But again more polution will mean minister of petroleum will make more money at his hospitals. In USA and in India also CNG is considered to be one of the beat alternate fuels. But again those don't choose crimnals as their President and Prime Ministers.
@Haneef: not everybody have enough money like you to fill their car fuel tanks with petrol
All the CNG stations should be shut down for good. Wasting all the gas which can be used to generate power for our industry is more important.