Public suffering: CNG body, OGRA asked to settle price row

All Pakistan CNG president says the CNG prices issue has been exacerbated since government did not reduce taxes.

ISLAMABAD:

The Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday directed the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to negotiate with the CNG association to fix the gas prices to mitigate the sufferings of the public and the owners of CNG stations.

In the meeting chaired by Senator Kalsoom Parveen, the committee asked the President All Pakistan CNG Association Ghayas Paracha to have a meeting with the chairman of OGRA to resolve the prevailing issue of CNG prices.

OGRA Chairman Saeed Ahmad said the CNG prices will be fixed on December 1 and the reduced prices through Supreme Court decision will also be adjusted.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2012.