Demand: ‘CNG sales be allowed entire week’

KARACHI:

The All Pakistan CNG Association has expressed its reservations about the decision of the government that has allowed compressed natural gas stations in Lahore to resume operations and sell the fuel two days a week.

Association Chairman Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha, while welcoming the resumption of gas sales, said the entire Punjab was facing fuel shortage, therefore, CNG stations should be allowed to run seven days a week across the province.

As the filling stations had been closed since November, the employees were laid off and the gas utility removed meters of many outlets, making it impossible for them to resume work, he added.

“Restarting sales mean paying fixed charges on gas and electricity bills, which is not possible for a majority of financially-wrecked CNG station owners.” Paracha pointed out that gas sales seven days a week would provide some relief to the consumers.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 18^th, 2015.

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