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Low gas pressure irked the residents of different localities of the city for the past few days creating problems for domestic users, especially in the mornings. The residents of Muslim Town, Sadiqabad, Satellite Town, Dhoke Elahi Baksh, Dhoke Khabba, and many other localities have been facing a gas shortage and low gas pressure for the last few days The unannounced gas loadshedding severely affected the daily routine activities of residents. Workers and students are forced to leave home early in the morning without having breakfast due to the unavailability of…

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State Minister for Petroleum Senator Musadik Malik and Secretary Petroleum Capt (Retd) Muhammad Mahmood visited SNGPL Head Office in Lahore. MD Sui Northern Gas Ali J Hamdani and Senior Management of SNGPL received the dignitaries. The state minister and the secretary petroleum held marathon meetings with the company’s management aimed at devising solutions to ensure provision of gas supply to the consumers. The company’s management gave comprehensive briefing on key areas of the operations of the company.  Senator Musadik Malik and secretary petroleum while appreciating the company’s initiatives issued directions…

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Pakistan has informed the United States of its decision to purchase oil from Russia, Pakistan‘s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced. “If India can purchase oil from Russia, then we also have the right and there is no reason to stop us from doing so,” Dar told reporters on Wednesday in Islamabad at the All Pakistan Chartered Accountants Conference 2022. “We won’t sign a contract with terms that are worse than those of India,” which is the US’ major ally in the region. Dar told reporters that the Pakistan government “has…

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The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has asked the government and the Senate to discourage ‘frivolous’ complaints from vested interests that waste the time of relevant institutions. While replying to a query by the Cabinet Division, the regulator wrote: “Malicious, baseless and motivated complaints only waste governments’ precious time, which may please be discouraged at all levels.” The cabinet division had sought comments from the Ogra on a complaint to the Senate by an “unregistered LPG Industries Association of Pakistan” that its chairman was mistreated by an Ogra member…

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Several fuel pumps are operating across the country without licences or due authorization or selling petroleum products other than what they were allowed. These fuel stations are also involved in the hoarding of petroleum products. This was disclosed in the audit reports for accounts of the Petroleum Division and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) for the fiscal year 2021-22. The report, a copy of which is available with SAMAA TV showed that illegal and unauthorized fuel pumps are involved in selling unrefined fuel, which has been smuggled from places such…

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