Gas consumers to pay Rs5b more
Islamabad: Days after slapping gas consumers with an additional cost of Rs 400 billion, the government on Thursday decided to recover an additional Rs 5 billion a month from them due to imported gas supply to fertilizer plants at lower rates after the finance ministry refused to provide funds . The Economic Coordination Commission (ECC) has decided that two fertilizer plants will continue to pay the price of Rs 1,229 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) against imported natural gas at Rs 3,625. ECC-led Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar agreed that the difference between local and imported natural gas price


