‘Govt responsible for fuel shortage’

LAHORE
PAKISTAN People’s Party Punjab President Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said that sudden non-availability of petrol has brought normal life in Punjab to a halt and only the present government was responsible for it.
In a statement Friday, Wattoo criticised Defence Minister for his statement in which he had said the situation would improve after a week or so. The criminal negligence of the government officials and their political bosses for delay in the import should be accounted for and those responsible must face the consequences, he said.
He lamented the statement of the Petroleum Minister who had claimed that the situation would be under control within the couple of days as two ships carrying 100,000 ton petrol had ducked in the Karachi port. He said the closure of normal life for about 10 days would cause huge loss to economy besides putting the 100 million people of all walks of life of Punjab in great distress.
Wattoo said the countries maintained the strategic stock of petrol to meet the emergency situation but it seemed that the security needs of the country were also compromised and the people were wondering as how the government would defeat the scourge of extremism and terrorism.