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The prime minister expressed extreme displeasure over the difficulties being faced by the people due to non-availability of fuel and vowed that all those responsible for the current petrol crisis will not be spared.
During the meeting, the premier was informed that measures are being taken to provide immediate relief to the people as 15,600 tonnes of petrol was supplied today all over the country against an average daily consumption of 12,000 tonnes.
Further, he was informed that an additional supply of petrol would be ensured in the coming month.
Referring to the power situation, PM Nawaz directed the Ministry of Water and Power to immediately work to reduce line losses and recover outstanding amount of over Rs500 billion in order to clear the amounts due to PSO and other liabilities.
On Sunday, the premier cancelled all his official engagements in order to chair meetings to address the deepening crisis.
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Minister for Finance, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and other senior officials were present during the meeting.
Earlier, PM Nawaz suspended four senior government officials, including some who had consistently been warning the government in advance of the impending crisis.
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If anyone has watched the programme LIVE WITH DR SHAHID MASOOD, where he disclosed the during the cabinet meeting the minister responsible for the crises was asked to resign. "RESIGN"!!!!! He lashed out saying that if he is asked to resign he will disclose the names of all the ministers involved in this crises. So, if you point one finger, there will be three fingers pointing towards you. So, the OGRA chairman is made the scapegoat. ANDHEER NAGRI, CHOWPATT RAAJ
Nawaz Sharif if you are true,sincere and honest in your statement then first terminate petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi because minister does have full knowledge of his/her concerned department and this is impossible to believe that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had not any informations regarding severe shortage of petrol whereas PSO had informed the related ministry of the severe petrol's shortage and had given deadline of 13th of January of having petrol's stock......
OK lets start with you Mr.PM ! Public will not spare you for what you and your "experienced" team have done ! Incompetent and pathetic leadership! If you have any self-respect then please resign along with your experienced team ! but guess what you won't because you are not shameful for what you are doing ! # NO NAWAZ GO
The direct involvement is of Petroleum Minister and for cash flows Finance Minister. The nation is confident that PM is joking and will not honor his words. The government has long lost its credibility. Thanks to Imran Khan, people are now aware of all the drama being done by politicians. Go Nawaz Go. !!
The GOP is passing the buck, finally the crises has entered Karachi (Sind) I fear next few days very crucial for Pakistan & Sind. The repercussions may be stand still Karachi TPT, industries & power sector. Passing the low oil price towards consumers have played havoc with people of Pakistan. Its Allah (SWT) who is running the Pakistan show other wise Managers have send us in doldrums.
the beauty of this is that there is no dhanra so PMLN cannot blame them. The sad part is that since there is no Dharna, there is no opposition either to keep them in check.
No one will be spared except the PM and his ministers who decided that PSO should default.
The PM added: All responsible for this crisis will be tried in the military courts.
hahaha! what a joke... I haven't laughed this badly in ages :p Mr. Prime Minister, lets see if you fire the Finance Minister cause releasing funds surely fall under his ministry.
@Bohran Khan: The PMLN Paid Social Media Brigade at its best !!!!
Appears a " HIGH TEA " at the PM House. All the STOOGES Have gathered to discuss their other matters, planning new ways to scoop the public money etc. OUTCOME WOULD AS USUAL BE PUT ON HOLD TILL A NEW CRISIS EMERGES
@oBSERVER: You want me to explain Pentium-1 to upgrade itself to I7 ? Its better the nation understands and throw Pentium-1 to scrap.
Mr PM you are responsible
Go Home
Mr NS! Your "samdhi" being Finance Minister has the first responsibility as he is not clearing up invoices for petroleum companies. Your Petroleum Minister is the 2nd culprit, who either does not know the abc of petroleum or he is among the corrupt bandwagon of the cabinet that you have. Interestingly, he never went short of fuel to run his own airline. Moreover, you (NS) are the dumbest of all as you do not know how to run a country.
@Bohran Khan: I like your sense of humour
Finally a politician who walks the talk and does the job, unlike those who give Dharnas and support Taliban. Only to flip-flop again and again.
@Asad: Try and explain this to them. You could easily be charged for terrorism by PML N.
You can't blame the PM as it is indeed difficult to judge who is responsible when all the guilty parties are sitting on the left and right and all of them are "rishtay dars". A few bureaucrats will eventually get the blame and the public will face another crisis in a few weeks time thanks to the continued family saga.
Hardly seen or heard of a government so fully self-sufficient in shooting itself in the foot with "brilliant" timing and regularity!
The politics is sick.The so called "Democracy" will achieve nothing for Pakistan ...Democracy is the rule of majority ..and our majority is corrupt or illiterate or less educated.
@oBSERVER: If there minds are so inferior then why are they running whole govt on there Pentium-I processor. Why not try I7 and why even use a single system, why not use modern computational techniques involving number of processors working together. I mean this is why we have so many ministries and ministers with dedicated portfolios. Its time PMLN replaces their ministers by I7 level minister because Windows 8.1 is not going to run on Pentium-1.
"Those involved in petrol crisis will not be spared:PM" Translation: PM is currently looking for some "thin necks".
@Parvez: You are being very cruel. Do explain what is Moral Courage. After all there are thousand and one things on puny minds and then you mention this strange word!!!
Go Nawaz GOOOOOO
I am not seeing Chaudary saab here today? Hiding?
@JA: And who will initiate action against God.
In my opinion entire responsibility lies with MD PSO ,Petroleum & Finance Minister. All should resign.
Report: No one found involved, it was God's act
Our PM makes funny statements all the time :D
Even as more and more petrol pumps dried up till day, three government departments gave their own explanations for the breakdown of fuel supply to parts of the country. However, none of the accounts presented by the petroleum minister, the chief of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and the finance secretary, seemed to offer cause for optimism and from all accounts, the crisis is likely to persist for at least another two weeks.The crisis has brought down electricity generation by over 3,000 MW, raising the deficit to 7,000 MW. More power plants are likely to suspend their work soon. PML (N) is once again in self-destruction mode...
hahahaha....good one NS.
If that be the case.......you and your brother should have the moral courage to step down.
No one will be spared..... like they did in Model Town incident... i think everyone involved has been given higher position.....
" No one involved in petrol crisis will be spared: PM" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Traanslated: No one will be taken to task.
HAHAHA this guy is so amusing. NS, thank you for the circus show you put on every other day.
You are the main reason Mr PM. You are incompetent and ignorant too.
PML-N once again in self-destruction mode.
Why not hand over the culprits (including Minister of Petroleuym Shahid Khaqan Abbasi) to military courts? Their negligence is worse than terrorism, it caused an almost complete collapse of the country, something which even terrorists have not been able to do (so far).
Petroleum Minister and Finance Minister are the two persons with the most involvement in petrol crises. And any sane person in Pakistan can comprehend this. So the call is yours.
Yeah just like you said, Anyone involved in Nandi pur project corruption will not be spared and then those very people who were part of scam investigated and gave themselves clean chit....
Are your sure Mr. PM? Saying part is easier doing part is hard!!
what about the accountability of Mr. Prime Minister and Family?
Shahid Abbasi, Petroleum Minister, and Finance Minister Dollar Dar need to go. But they are both related to Nawaz through marriage. He will do nothing. Form another committe to investigate. How can you fire your brother in laws? He will then go to Saudia for 10 days, for Ummrah and meditation.
... including PM ? And also please clarify who will hold responsible .. Those who themselves are or can be resposible ?
what about Mr. prime minister and family ?
kindly correct the spelling of "crisis" in the main title of this report...
"Anyone Involved in Petrol Crisis will not be spared." Purple English.