ECC rejects gas shutdown proposal
Islamabad: Pakistan’s economic administrators rejected a proposal to impose another license on natural gas consumers to cover 50% of the price difference in subsidized natural gas supply to fertilizer plants. Among the different proposals, one was to recover the price difference for gas supply to two fertilizer factories – Fatima Fertilizer (Sheikhupura) and Agritech – by imposing an exemption on gas consumers. The Directorate of Petroleum had submitted the proposal in a recent meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC). It said Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) may be allowed to resume gas supply to Fatima Fertilizer and Agritech
