Advisor to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain has said that the supply of natural gas to domestic consumers is the top priority of the government.
He said this in a meeting with parliamentarians, including MNAs Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Zahid Hamid, Mufti Ajmal Khan, Mazhar Hayat Khan, Roshan-ud-Din Junejo, Senator Baz Muhammad and Senator Zahid Khan, who called on him to apprise him of the problems in supply of natural gas to their respective constituencies. The meeting was also attended by Managing Director and Senior Management of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. The parliamentarians apprised the advisor regarding progress on gas supply schemes in their respective constituencies, on which the Advisor on Petroleum issued directives to SNGPL for expediting work. Dr. Asim Hussain informed the parliamentarians that a site office of the SNGPL was being established in the ministry’s premises to cater for public complaints and providing up-to-date information on gas supply / connection cases.
