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Govt may take up to ten days to overcome petrol shortage

ISLAMABAD: Long queues of vehicles on fuel stations were visible in different parts of the country as the petrol became rare commodity on Thursday.

Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says "it may take up to ten days to bring the situation to normality".

He claimed that northern areas of Pakistan had been facing the petrol shortage. The minister cited the

By GEO URDU
January 16, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Long queues of vehicles on fuel stations were visible in different parts of the country as the petrol became rare commodity on Thursday.

Federal Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says "it may take up to ten days to bring the situation to normality".

He claimed that northern areas of Pakistan had been facing the petrol shortage. The minister cited the recent decline in petroleum prices and delay in a shipment as reasons for the shortage.

He said situation would improve as soon as shipment reached Pakistan. Sources told Geo News hat due to financial restraints the Pakistan State Oil has been unable import petrol.