Tag: Gas

LAHORE - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Tuesday to discuss the issue of gas supply to the industrial sector in Punjab.
Gilani made the decision after he discussed the gas supply issue with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister's House on Sunday. Sources said both leaders discussed the current political situation, as well as matters pertaining to security and economic challenges faced by the

QUETTA - Saboteurs on Sunday exploded a main gas supply pipeline in Lot gas field area at Dera Bugti. Reports reaching here said unidentified people attached had attached explosives to the main 18-inch diameter gas pipeline which later exploded disrupting supply to main gas plant.
In another incident, four rockets were fired on Uchh gas field in the small hours on Sunday. The rockets missed the target and exploded in the open without causing any damage.
Gas pressure remains

KARACHI - The Sindh government is openly opposing the idea to ply 2,000 environment-friendly CNG buses in Karachi and leave other districts with a shabby transport system.
The Environment Ministry, in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), had planned to bring in 2,000 environment-friendly CNG buses for the province; however, federal authorities are trying to use them only on Karachi's major arteries, sources in the provincial government told

LAHORE - Citizens, already crushed by sky-rocketing inflation and shrinking incomes, had to face another torturous Sunday, as electricity and gas load shedding continued unabated, Pakistan Today has learnt. Despite being a public holiday, citizens could not get any relief despite the fact that all offices and educational institutions were closed.
Absence of two basic utilities spoiled the holiday of many consumers, who could not even cook food or wash clothes. Electricity was

LAHORE - Gas load-shedding continued in the city on Saturday despite that Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) has closed down many CNG stations in different parts of Punjab. Moreover, citizens should get ready to face long hours of load shedding today, as Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) will repair grid stations and there will be no electricity from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in the city suburbs including WAPDA Town, Johar Town, Iqbal Town, Sabzazar, Mughalpura, Tajpura,

QUETTA - Unknown miscreants planted explosives and blasted the 18-inch Shikarpur-Quetta main transmission pipeline supplying gas to Balochistan from Jaffarabad, some 17 km away from Jacobabad on Thursday. However gas is being supplied at low pressure to over 20,000 customers. Baloch Republican Army has claimed responsibility.
After the explosion the police rushed to the site to locate the damaged part of the pipeline. In the last few days, Baloch Republican Army has blown up

LAHORE - There were long queues of vehicles outside the CNG stations and people have to wait hours for getting CNG on Wednesday. The domestic users also suffered badly, as SNGPL totally failed to provide relief to them.
The CNG stations opened after four days continuous closure and there was huge rush at every CNG stations. Many CNG stations could not start service, as the gas pressure was very low for these stations.
The gas pressure also went very low at the homes due to

LAHORE - Citizens have discovered a new way to circumvent the low gas pressure and Sui gas load-shedding. A number of domestic, commercial and industrial gas consumers in the city have installed pressure pumps or compressors on their gas supply lines to boost gas pressure, Pakistan Today has learnt.
IT'S SAFE AND AFFORDABLE: Muhammad Ramazan, a refrigerator mechanic at College Road, said one could easily avoid low gas pressure by installing a used or new refrigerator compressor

LAHORE - Gas supplies to industries and CNG stations will be restored from today and domestic users will suffer a further gas shortage, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) sources told Pakistan Today. Gas supply remained suspended in the city while gas pressure for domestic users in many areas remained very low on Tuesday.
SNGPL sources said the situation will worsen for domestic users, as industry and CNG stations will be facilitated. They said domestic users were already not

ISLAMABAD - Perturbed by the consistent gas shortage in Punjab, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of gas utility companies tomorrow (Wednesday) to ask them about their load management plans.
Sources at the Petroleum Ministry said the managing directors of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) would brief the PM on the issue of gas shortage in Punjab and would give recommendations to counter them.
The sources

QUETTA - Five people, including two women, were burnt in an explosion caused by gas leakage in a house on Quetta's Raisani Road on Monday. Police said explosion occurred when a woman lit a matchstick in a room filled with gas that caused the explosion injuring Paind Khatoon, Khadeeja, Hayat, Naimat Ullah and Naeem. The Injured were shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex

LAHORE - Gas supply to domestic consumers and CNG stations remained suspended on Monday creating a lot of problems for citizens. The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) had announced to supply gas to CNG stations and industries for five days a week but according to SNGPL sources, gas supply to CNG stations in Lahore would be restored on Wednesday at 6am while the industrial sector would also get gas for five days a week. Earlier, industries in Punjab were given supplies for

LAHORE - Minister for Textile Industry Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan has assured five-day gas supply to the textile industry in Punjab.
He was talking to media at the office of All Pakistan Textile Mills association (APTMA) following a meeting with APTMA office-bearers. The minister said that the textile sector of Pakistan is competent and has the potential to touch the export target of $25 billion. He stated that the cotton production could have been reasonably good but recent

LAHORE - Sunday was another day when CNG stations remained non-functional, invoking protests and exhausting citizens as they searched for gas. Manawan locals protested against the aggravating gas shortage in the city. Meanwhile citizens also suffered Sui gas shortage.
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited has stopped gas supplies to the CNG stations and the industrial sector to facilitate domestic users but consistent gas outages faced by citizens continued on Sunday. The government

QUETTA - Machineries of five gas wells in Sui area of Dera Bugti district were blown up with explosives on Sunday, with the Baloch Republican Army claiming responsibility for the attack.
Reports from Sui said miscreants planted explosives near wells number 24, 34, 43, 82 and 83 and detonated them at 2am. As a result, the machinery attached to the wells was badly damaged.
However, the explosion did not lead to gas leakage and the underground safety valves prevented the lines

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has stopped gas supplies to the CNG stations and the industrial sector to facilitate domestic users, but consistent power and gas outages faced by domestic consumers continued on Saturday. Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO)'s claim of controlling the situation also stood falsified, as there has been no respite in power closures.
Citizens lived through another day with limited gas and electricity, as there was eight to ten

LAHORE - Following in footsteps of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has blamed the foggy weather for the increase in load shedding. The city witnessed six to 10 hours of load shedding on Thursday while gas pressure remained very low in all areas of the provincial metropolis. Almost all areas are facing massive load shedding, adding to the miseries of the masses. Citizens complained that they bought electric heaters due to gas