‘Gas suspension to CNG stations in Sindh unconstitutional’

KARACHI: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) has claimed that gas outage for CNG filling stations in Sindh is unconstitutional.

“The gas outage in Sindh is a deliberate violation of the decision of the Sindh High Court under Article 158, while gas outage in other parts of the country is simply illogical and unacceptable,” said Ghayas Paracha, chairman central council of APCNGA.

Talking to media persons, transporters, and representatives of consumer rights bodies and the civil society on Wednesday, he said that APCNGA was striving for reopening of CNG filling stations therefore any call for strike was out of question.

The leader of the CNG sector further said that protest against the damaging policies of the government was their democratic right, which could not be denied by anyone.

Questioning the wisdom of adviser to the prime minister on energy Dr. Asim Hussain, he said that the dual national official had proved to be the stumbling block in resolution of the energy crisis in Pakistan.

Lashing out at the lobbies promoting liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas in Pakistan, he said that they had no right to damage CNG sector to fulfill their objectives.

He said not only had gas outage resulted in distress among public but it also triggered a race among liquid gas companies to extract maximum from people by daily revising prices unabatedly.

Paracha said that CNG sector had no other option to keep the wheels of their business moving, while other sectors enjoying patronage of the petroleum ministry were being encouraged to use gas despite the fact that they had other options available.

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