Chairman Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distributors Association Pakistan, Irfan Khokhar and Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi have agreed to feasible the import of in order to provide consumers with cheap gas. In a statement issued here on Thursday, Irfan Khokhar said, "The Minister Petroleum has ensured to cut off tax on import of LPG for which I am thankful to him." "It's our priority to provide economic gas to LPG consumers," he added.
"In the result of steps taken in the best results of LPG consumers by Minister Petroleum, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to stabilise the gas prices, according to previous record total gas imported in 2014 was 62,117MT, in 2015 was 2,45,578MT while in 2016 total import was more than 5lac MT and total sale exceeded 12lac MT breaking all previous records," he said.
"The LPG marketing companies have decreased the price of LPG to Rs 10/kg, Rs 100 for domestic cylinder and Rs 400 for commercial cylinder," he said. "For the first time in the history of Pakistan, artificial shortage and unprincipled profiting ended while winters are here," he added.
"In winters when there is huge consumption of gas, not only excessive amount of gas is present in the country but for the first time in the history of country gas prices have decreased and LPG is easily available everywhere which have proven LPG mafia wrong. Countrywide rise and fall of LPG prices depend on import of gas," he said. "With excessive gas present in the country, LPG mafia can no longer create artificial shortage now for immoral profits. Credit for ensuring availability of LPG by importing LPG goes to LPG Distributors," he said.
"The LPG will be available in Karachi at Rs 85/kg, Rs 970 for domestic cylinder. Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Jehlum, Qasoor, Sahiwal, Sialkot, Daska, Peshawar Rs 90/kg, Rs 1030 for domestic cylinder. Raheem Yar Khan, Sadiqabad, Haiderabad, Attok, Gujrat, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Rs 100/kg, Rs 1150 for domestic cylinder.
"Whereas in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Abbotabad, Muzafarabad, Bag, FATA, Kotli, Azad Kashmir, Tendu Muhammad Khan, Tendu Allah Yar, Mirpur Khas, Umerkot, Nawabshah, Manbari, Thatha, Dado, Jamshoro, Shikarpur Rs 110/kg, Rs 1260 for domestic cylinder. Gilgit, Baltistan, Murree, Nathiagali, Balakot Rs 120/kg, Rs 1380 for domestic cylinder," he said.
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