All industries in Karachi and interior Sindh have voluntarily agreed to stop gas use for 24 hours from 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 presided over by Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad at the Governor House on Wednesday and attended by SSGC management and office-bearers of majority of trade bodies and associations representing major industrial areas.
The voluntary closure will help ease gas shortage in the wake of an extraordinary acute situation, and will help to ensure normal gas pressure and bring back line pack situation to normal level for the next six days. SSGC was represented in the meeting by Hassan Nawab, DMD (Operations) and Shoaib Warsi, SGM (Distribution-South).