The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Tuesday said that CNG closure in Punjab for four months amounts to economic murder of millions of families.
While speaking during an emergency meeting, APCNGA Central Chairman Pervaiz Khan Khattak rejected the closure saying, “We will never accept a move aimed at pleasing few influentials. We will never accept the decision and resist the move with the help of masses and transporters.”
Khattak said that masses could not be cheated anymore as they were aware of their rights. Those who have held masses hostage having no inclination to pay any tax are being pleased at the cost of masses, he noted.
Khattak said that no one would be allowed to snatch from the poor their right to live, adding that CNG is as important as “roti, kapra aur makan” for tens of millions of labourers, transporters and commuters.
The CNG owners have been pushed to the wall and they are selling their assets to remain afloat which cannot be tolerated any more, he warned. He said that they will go to any extent to get their rights which will save investments worth billions and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Khattak said CNG sector was the first to initiate LNG import plan with the help of government to save investments and jobs and that this sector should be allowed to operate until the arrival of imported gas. Otherwise, he said, options for protest and seeking help of courts were open.