ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Wednesday said the natural gas shortage would persist this winter like last year, pinning the blame on Imran Khan’s administration for failing to contract the cheapest available liquefied natural gas at the time and no improvement in domestic gas production.
He, however, said that an effective gas load management was being finalised to ensure the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders as an alternative fuel.
Speaking at a news conference after attending a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Mr Malik said all the public sector entities in the oil and gas sector had been asked to arrange LPG supplies.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, prime minister’s adviser and the chairman of the energy task force, Minister of State for Finance Dr Ayesha Ghous Pasha, and finance and petroleum secretaries also attended the meeting.
