Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain has annulled the decision to suspend gas supply to Punjab’s industries for a month.
Sources said the decision had reverted as the industrialists of Faisalabad threatened to forcefully run their factories and start a protest movement in collaboration with the labourers.
According to media reports, industries all over the province would be supplied gas 36 hours per week. A notification had already been issued in this regard.
According to the notification, factories in Faisalabad, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Multan, Gujranwala, and Rawalpindi would be supplied gas from 6pm Thursday to the wee hours of Friday, December 22.
Gas will also be provided to other industrial zones, including those in Lahore, Sahiwal and Sheikhupura for a period of 36 hours starting from the eve of December 22.