Federal M
inister for Information Fawad Chaudhry
Wednesday said the prime m
inister has ordered immediate removal of the managing directors of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL).
In a tweet, the m
inister said in recent days, the people faced severe crisis of gas and the prime m
inister had constituted a committee for determining the responsibility of the gas crisis. He said the report of the inquiry committee was presented to the prime m
inister on Tuesday. He said in view of the said report, the prime m
inister has ordered immediate removal of the managing directors of the SSGC and the SN
GPL.
Last month, the prime m
inister had ordered an inquiry
into the dwindling supply of gas which not only forced industry closures across Punjab and Karachi, but even affected domestic consumers as residents in many parts faced outages.
Published in Daily Times, J
anuary 10th 2019.