MULTAN City News

Govt flayed for failure to curb sale of substandard cylinders

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MULTAN: MNA Malik Amir Dogar of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has criticised the government for its failure to curb the sale of substandard gas cylinders, which are claiming human lives.

Talking to newsmen during his visit to the Nishtar Hospital to inquire after the family members, who were injured in a cylinder explosion, on Tuesday, he said that the domestic consumers had been facing gas loadshedding for the last six months. He said that the gas loadshedding had forced the people to buy substandard gas cylinders as quality cylinders were not available in the market. He said that the substandard cylinders were a serious threat to the lives and properties of the people.

On Monday night, nine members of a family were present in the house when a gas cylinder suddenly exploded at Qaisarabad. As a result, two people, including three-year-old Khizar Hayat, were killed on the spot while seven others were injured.

NAWAZ, RAHEEL LAUDED: The business community has lauded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Gen Raheel Sharif for playing a mediatory role to defuse tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

In a press release here on Tuesday, Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Fareed Mughis A Sheikh that the main objective of the visit of Nawaz Sharif and Raheel Sharif was to convince both countries to reopen their embassies, which had been closed since the execution of a noted cleric. He said that Riyadh and Tehran had been engaged in verbal duel since the execution of the cleric and subsequent attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.