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Pakistan

Industries volunteer to give up gas usage for 1 day

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imafsdsKARACHI: All industries in Karachi and interior Sindh have voluntarily agreed to discontinue gas usage for 24 hours beginning at 7 am on December 18 (Sunday) till 7 am on December 19.

According to Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGC) announcement on Friday, a unanimous decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad at the Governor House on Wednesday last and attended by SSGC management and office-bearers of majority of trade bodies and associations representing major industrial areas.

The voluntarily closure will help ease gas shortages in the wake of an extraordinary acute situation, and will help to ensure normal gas pressure and bring back line pack situation to normal levels for the next six days.

SSGC was represented by Syed Hassan Nawab, DMD (Operations) and Shoaib Warsi, SGM (Distribution-South) in the meeting.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

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