Karachi: The petroleum crisis will continue surfacing after every two months if the government fails to make prior arrangements of importing oil when its oil refineries are down for maintenance, said Chairman All Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (APPDA) Abdul Sami Khan. Speaking to journalists at Karachi Gym Khana on Friday, he said the fuel supply to Karachi and interior of the province have started while it will take two days in Punjab to bring the situation to normalcy.
Sami said the demands of petroleum association should be considered seriously and should not let it fall in a red-tape. “The case of oil tankers association was not referred to Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) when they resorted to street protest to get their demands accepted,” he said and asked why was the case of APPDA being referred to ECC.
Sami stressed upon the government to implement the minutes of the last meeting held on 2nd June wherein it had assured of increasing the commission of dealers by Rs.1.05 per liter on High Speed Diesel (HSD) and 50 paisa on Petrol per litre. “The current profit of margin on oil refineries is quite meagre as it stands Rs.1.40 paisa on Petrol and Rs.1.30 paisa on Diesel. Government should raise it so as the financial constraints facing the oil dealers could be eased,” said Sami.
He said APPDA would decide its final strategy in the first week of July if their demands were not met by that time. Sami decried the provincial government for charging consumers un-parallel fares on CNG and petrol- running transport buses in Sindh. “This is a sheer injustice against consumers and government must slash the fares of CNG-run buses as the gas is quite cheaper in cost in comparison with petroleum,” accentuated the APPDA chairman.
Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2011
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