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Summary Petroleum Minister has announced that there will be gas emergency in country in January.
Talking to the mediamen, Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain announced gas emergency, which many would interpret as the current government’s new year gift. He said that gas is in acute shortage in the country and the Ministry is trying its best to regulate gas under a tight schedule so that all sections get a fair supply. However, he said, January would face severe gas shortage, and it would be like gas emergency in January.Protests have already broken out in Faisalabad and other areas due to prolonged gas loadshedding.A report said the other day that the government is considering shutting CNG stations across Sindh for a month, a step which would push the irked people to the edge.
