Gas utilities told to cooperate with developers of LNG terminals
The government has ordered the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to hold weekly meetings with the developers of two upcoming liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to remove impediments, besides immediate handover of the possession of land for tie-in facilities near Pakistan Steel Mills, it emerged on Sunday.
This is the crux of a compliance report submitted by an inter-ministerial committee led by Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi and special assistant to the prime minister on power and petroleum to the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on April 15 on the instructions of the federal cabinet.
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Centre has a policy of not discussing matters with provinces: CM Sindh
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Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah. Photo: File
Centre does not take provinces or Opposition on board when making decisions, alleges Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah.
Says the country is suffering because of the secluded attitude of the federation.
Says the Centre took six months to arrange a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI), whereas it should have been held every three months.
NAWABSHAH: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday once again resorted to criticism and said that the Centre operates on the policy of not discussing matters with any of the provinces.
Senior PTI leaders play down Jahangir Tareen’s power show
29 lawmakers attend dinner hosted by ex-PTI secretary general
Jahangir Tareen. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Jahangir Tareen – once known as the ruling party’s trouble-shooter – displayed his political support base in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday when he hosted a number of federal and provincial lawmakers at a dinner at his residence in Lahore.
According to media reports, more than two dozen members of the national and Punjab assemblies, besides a few provincial ministers and advisers attended the dinner and assured Tareen of their full support.
Tareen, a former secretary general of the PTI, was once considered a close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan but has been sidelined since the inquiry report of the 2020 sugar crisis accused him of benefiting the most from it.
KARACHI: The six Pakistanis stranded in the Red Sea have been rescued and efforts are underway to bring them back to their homes soon, The News learnt on Thursday. “Thank God, they have been.