Ministry mulls one-day weekly gas 'holiday'
By SHAHBAZ RANA October 7, 2008 ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Petroleum has floated a proposal of one-day weekly gas holiday for the whole industry to overcome gas shortage in winter and ensure its uninterrupted supply to the domestic consumers.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Monday briefed the Economic Monitoring Committee on Natural Gas Load Management Programme for winter 2008-09. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Syed Naveed Qamar, chaired the meeting. The Load Management Programme has been finalized after taking into account input from all stakeholders and focusing sectoral consumption in terms of volume and percentage.
The domestic sector has been proposed to remain un-impacted. The proposed Natural Gas Load Management Programme after the EMC concurrence will be presented to the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet for final approval.
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