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Friday, June 28, 2013
PM orders gas tariff rationalisationISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday directed rationalisation of gas tariffs to safeguard the interests of the common man. While chairing a high level meeting on gas issues at the Prime Minister’s Office, Nawaz was told that work on the Iran-Pak gas pipeline project and Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is in progress. The prime minister was also informed that India is also interested in exporting LNG to Pakistan. Nawaz instructed that all available resources be exploited and all avenues explored to overcome the gas shortfall in the country. He said that different options to import gas from the neighbouring countries be examined to overcome the shortage. The meeting was informed that domestic consumption of gas constitutes 28% of the total national use of the resource. The prime minister gave clear directions to the Ministry of Petroleum that domestic consumers be given precedence over other sectors of the economy in the gas distribution formula. The meeting was informed that in order to bridge the gap between demand and supply across the country, load management of gas was done, particularly during the winter season when the demand for gas increased exponentially. agencies
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