The Supreme Court will on Monday hear important cases, including the case regarding the fixation of CNG prices and that of the use of Intelligence Bureau (IB) funds for political purposes.
The officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) are expected to present a new formula in the Supreme Court for the fixation of CNG prices. OGRA has so far failed to devise a pricing formula acceptable to the CNG Association, and as a result majority of the fuel stations are observing a strike, claiming that they cannot bear the resulting losses. As a result, the handful stations which are providing CNG have long queues of vehicles around the clock. Citizens have requested the Supreme Court to order Ogra and the Ministry of Petroleum to resolve the issue as soon as possible and have asked the government to provide relief to the people by reducing taxes on the CNG. An appeal requesting pardon for prisoners facing death sentence has also been filed in the Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court.
