OGRA recommends CNG ban for private cars
NA standing committee requests CNG association to reopen stations, gives assurance of uniform tax.
ISLAMABAD:
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recommended a ban on the use of CNG in private cars on Monday.
Ogra put forward its recommendations to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources, saying that only rickshaws, taxis and public buses should be allowed to run on CNG, while all private cars should be transferred to petrol.
The committee agreed with the recommendations and said that a six-month deadline should be given to private car owners to switch their cars from CNG to petrol.
The committee, requesting the CNG association to reopen stations, assured that the tax tariff of stations and other industries will be made uniform.
Standing Committee chairman Jamshed Dasti told Express News that a uniform tax will ensure that the CNG stations do not go into a loss and prices are also not raised.
“We have asked the CNG association to reopen 400 stations which were earlier closed down,” Dasti said.
The recommendations will also be forwarded to the Supreme Court.
After the apex court fixed a price for CNG in the country, the associations had announced an indefinite strike claiming that they were facing a loss due to the new lowered prices.
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The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recommended a ban on the use of CNG in private cars on Monday.
Ogra put forward its recommendations to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources, saying that only rickshaws, taxis and public buses should be allowed to run on CNG, while all private cars should be transferred to petrol.
The committee agreed with the recommendations and said that a six-month deadline should be given to private car owners to switch their cars from CNG to petrol.
The committee, requesting the CNG association to reopen stations, assured that the tax tariff of stations and other industries will be made uniform.
Standing Committee chairman Jamshed Dasti told Express News that a uniform tax will ensure that the CNG stations do not go into a loss and prices are also not raised.
“We have asked the CNG association to reopen 400 stations which were earlier closed down,” Dasti said.
The recommendations will also be forwarded to the Supreme Court.
After the apex court fixed a price for CNG in the country, the associations had announced an indefinite strike claiming that they were facing a loss due to the new lowered prices.
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