PLPGMA criticizes the increase in the price of LPG and urges the government to supply gas at the price set by OGRA.
KARACHI:
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s price cap for LPG has been given a four-day deadline by Pakistan’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association (PLPGMA) (Ogra).
The distributors demanded that the government halt the sale of LPG over the pricing set by Ogra while conducting a sit-in at the SSGC terminal on Wednesday.
Tuesday’s press conference was attended by PLPGMA Senior Vice Chairman Malik Taimoor, who asserted that by contesting the government’s writ, the state-owned LPG company had turned into a mafia and was driving up the price by an additional Rs20, reaching its highest level of Rs300 per kilogramme (kg).
The regulated price for LPG in Ogra is Rs204 per kilogramme, but the government’s gas corporation has increased the price to Rs300/kg, they added. “The price of household cylinders surged by Rs235 to Rs3550, while commercial cylinder prices also went by Rs908 to a high of Rs13,620.”
The price of LPG is expected to reach Rs350/kg in impoverished hilly areas, while it may reach Rs400/kg in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to the officials, the government’s gas firm was illegally earning Rs0.1 million for each tonne of LPG.
