Consumers in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces set to face up to 16-hour gas outages this winter season as the Managing Director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) unveiled schedule for gas load-shedding on Tuesday.
“Only eight hours of gas will be supplied to domestic consumers in the span of 24 hours across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).” MD Ali J Hamdani said.
Speaking to the media in Lahore, Ali J. Hamdani blamed Ukraine and Russia for the gas problem, claiming that the spike in RLNG prices on the international market was a result of the conflict between those two countries, which has an impact on Pakistan’s supply.
Not much RLNG could be bought this year, due to the expensive RLNG in the global market. Meanwhile, people are installing compressors and stealing gas worth billions.
MD SNGPL urged that gas prices should be increased as they are unable to purchase expensive gas and resell it at a low price.
“We are not cutting off the gas at industries, but we are just putting a ban on new connections due to ongoing crisis,” Hamdani stated.
“Despite the crisis, domestic consumers will receive gas three times in 24 hours from 6 am to 9 am, 12 noon to 2 pm and 6 pm to 9 pm.”
