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\nKARACHI
\nSindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Friday blamed the federal government for gas shortage in the province that, he said, makes up for 68 per cents of the country\u2019s total gas production.
\nHe said Sindh contributes 2,200 mmcfd gas but gets 9,00 to 1,000 mmcfd as against its demand of 1,700 mmcfd, causing a huge shortfall. There is a gas crisis in the province due to the federal government\u2019s failure to meet its demand, he said.
\nShah accused the Centre of deliberately denying the province its due share in the gas distribution. \u201cSindh does not need costly LNG but natural gas that it produces,\u201d the information minister said, maintaining that the federal government parks the buck for its failures at the Sindh government\u2019s door. \u201cEnergy Minister Omar Ayub is responsible for the gas crisis,\u201d he said.
\nEarlier, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Division Nadeem Babar had said that Sindh may face a gas shortfall of over 400mmcfd during the upcoming winter season. He said that consumers are likely to face an acute shortage of gas during the winter as the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) did not have enough gas reserves to meet the consumers\u2019 demand.
\nNadeem Babar maintained that the gas crisis will further worsen in December and January in the province. The advisor said they could overcome the gas crisis if the Sindh government gives permission to lay a new pipeline in the province. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DNA KARACHI Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Friday blamed the federal government for gas shortage in the province that, he said, makes up for 68 per cents of the country\u2019s total gas production. He said Sindh contributes 2,200 mmcfd gas but gets 9,00 to 1,000 mmcfd as against its demand of 1,700 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n