Islamabad: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Tuesday said budget proposal to increase the tariff of natural gas for the troubled CNG industry by 31 percent will bankrupt this sector. Speaking to a meeting of, leader of the CNG sector Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha said that the decision to increase natural gas tariff from the current Rs980 per mmbtu to Rs1283 per mmbtu will ruin the CNG stations in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The proposal of the government if accepted will lay waste to the CNG industry in which trillions of rupees have been invested while it will also leave millions unemployed, it said. Online
