PTI flays govt for hike in gas tariff

LAHORE

Adviser to PTI Chairman Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that under Sharif Brothers Roshan Pakistan mantra, poor nation is facing constant dilemma of poor governance that has undermined the smooth delivery of public service. In a statement issued here Monday, Dr Yasmin Rashid said as soon as the winter starts, natural gas becomes a rare commodity throughout the country. She said when the country is facing gas crisis, the ruling elite has raised gas tariff by 38 percent. The gas prices were last increased in September this year, now all of sudden this hefty increase of 38 percent will add to the miseries of the people, she added. She said that resolving energy crisis was a key campaign pledge for Sharif Brothers in the run-up to the 2013 general election. 

All their promises vanished in thin air as they have miserably failed to resolve the energy crisis, she said, adding that the PML-N had burnt billions of rupees from public money on massive advertisement campaign on the success of energy projects. While the fact of the matter is not a single megawatt of electricity was produced in the country and no gas explored or imported, she added. She said the gas shortage and increase in tariff was heaping fresh pressure on the PML-N government. It is the public that is suffering but Sharif Brothers are least bothered to look into the miseries of the public, she added.

PTI Information Secretary Andleeb Abbas in the statement said that the PML-N government having failed to address any of the issues during the last two and half years, has lost its credibility and trust. Instead of resolving the gas crisis, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is saying that he is helpless and gas shortage will persist by January 2016 end, she added. She said with every passing day due to incompetence and absence of the ability to foresee the crisis the PML-N government was propelling Pakistan towards stone age. How shameful it is for a nuclear power country that not only its industries are closed down due to energy crisis but the domestic consumers are also struggling to cook the food, she added.