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Miftah Ismail questioned the government s choice of opting for expensive fuels, such as furnace oil and diesel, for electricity production. DawnNewsTV/File
PML-N leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail hit out at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government on Sunday, holding it responsible for a looming energy crisis in the country and delays in the dry docking of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals one of the reasons he identified for the emerging shortage of gas and electricity.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he also questioned the government s choice of opting for expensive fuels, such as furnace oil and diesel, for electricity production.
EETL’s expansion plan hits snag
Business
May 20, 2021
LAHORE: Engro Elengy Terminal Private Limited (EETL) could not expand its re-gasified liquified natural gas (RLNG) capacity due to red-tapism, while the approvals are awaiting clearance from National Accountability Bureau (NAB), The News learnt on Wednesday.
Sources said Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) is not giving necessary approvals on account of unsubstantiated excuses, like violation of procurement rules and NAB inquiries. “Neither EETL nor its partner is implicated in any NAB inquiry. Misinformation of this degree is propagated only to halt progress and, instead, protect the existing monopolistic structure of today’s gas market,” a company official said, requesting anonymity.
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.