Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that all out efforts were being made to improve smooth gas supply for domestic users.
He said increasing production in the gas sector was a provincial subject after the 18th Amendment. However, he said that the measures have been taken to provide uninterrupted gas supply to industrial as well as domestic consumers.
Talking to a news channel, he said that a terminal of liquified natural gas (LNG), is functional while the two others would start working soon. He said that 12,00000 more connections were provided to consumers on merit basis. There is a difference between demand and supply of gas facility.
To a question, he said that billions of rupees were being spent on transmission pipelines. Efforts were being made to ensure the smooth gas supply in the Punjab, he said. To another question, he said that past governments did nothing for the development of gas sector as a result, the people were facing problems in winter.
He said that Pakistan held sufficient fertilizer at this time. Khaqan Abbasi said that the present government was working to bring improvement in the energy sector.
