The Pakistani government has imposed a ban on expansion in the domestic gas supply network due to shortage of the commodity. Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik told the Senate during the question hour that the ban shall be reviewed upon improvement in gas supplies and removal of pricing distortion.

The minister said that new policies regarding gas production would be introduced in the next two weeks, which will bring positive results in the next four years. Musadik told the Upper House of the Parliament that the total indigenous production of natural gas and volume with a percentage share of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the last three years was 11.09 MMCF in 2019-20, 12.27 MMCF in 2020-21 and 12 MMCF in 2021-22.

The minister mentioned that as per the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) rules, gas is provided to those provinces where it is being produced. “It is in the deep interest of the country to continue the ban on gas connections till the end of its shortage,” he added.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk