Dealers urge govt not to increase CNG tariff.

RAWALPINDI -- All Pakistan CNG Association on Sunday said the government should reject the proposal forwarded by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to increase the tariff of natural gas by Rs200 to Rs300 per mmbtu.

The proposal, if accepted, will damage the industrial sector and devastate the CNG sector which is already facing problems. It will also open floodgates of inflation, it said.

During the last 27 years, gas tariff was not hiked as much as in the recent time and yet another increase is on the cards, said Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha, the central chairman of the association, in a statement.

He said costly gas will hit the transport sector, public transport fares would be increased, millions of businesses will face a new challenge, the overall cost of doing business will witness an increase and the citizens will come under more stress.

Mr Paracha said owners of three million cars running on CNG will also feel the pain of increased gas tariff while air pollution will rise which has already crossed...