The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday suspended the federal government’s notification of CNG load shedding, terming gas closure a violation of the fundamental rights of the people and gas pump owners.
The federal government started CNG load shedding under the gas load management plan for 550 gas stations in Punjab. While issuing the verdict, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah expressed disappointment over the actions of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), and its three-day weekly load shedding of CNG in Punjab. The court also issued a notice to the federal government, OGRA, and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines limited (SNGPL), and sought reply on the matter.
The court passed the order on 22 identical petitions filed by the owners of CNG stations who challenged the three-day gas outage. The petitioners stated that the common public as well as the families of the individuals associated with the CNG business were facing financial difficulties due to closed business for three consecutive days. The petitioners’ counsel Mansoor Usman Awan said SNGPL officials had stopped gas supply to the CNG stations of the petitioners under load management policy from March 3.
He submitted that the action was taken on the basis of a notification issued by the SNGPL on March 2 which ordered disconnection of gas to the CNG stations which had a nine-month contract (as and when available basis) from March 3 until further orders. The counsel contended that the notification was against the constitution and the law. The court, after hearing his arguments, suspended the notification to the extent of petitioners, and sought reply from the respondents.
thanks alot high court,please we people are about to die,the govt policies has struck common people,please do something for us n escape us from this corruption mafia governing us,hate u politicians
It is very foolish that the protesting people are breaking & burning the vehicles of their own fellows and are damaging the public property …. If at all we must protest we must protest correctly.
Let's tomorrow get hold of some minister or the MNA whom we had voted into the assembly and put his/her home on fire. We'll need to burn only one or two of them and the problems will start getting solved.
Let's gather some courage and do the right thing and put some minister or his home on fire. This is about punishing the real culprits rather than our own brethren who are victims just like ourselves.
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