A member said the committee would take next move after an independent briefing. — Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy has challenged the jurisdiction of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to take suo motu notice of purported Rs122 billion losses caused by the indecision on timely import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in recent months.
After an in-camera session on Thursday, the parliamentary oversight body decided to invite a non-partisan expert of the energy sector for a briefing on the issue, though it also discussed summoning Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar. A member said the committee would take next move after an independent briefing.