ICCI calls for lifting of ban on commercial and domestic gas connections - Press Release issued by Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Islamabad -- September 19, 2022 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)

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Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called upon the government to urgently lift ban on commercial and domestic new gas connections as the business community and the people were facing great difficulties due to continuous ban on the provision of new gas connection while the backlog of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was also increasing due to this situation.

Muhammad Shakeel Munir said that the ban on new gas connection was imposed in December 2021, which has not been lifted as yet due to which large number of people were facing great problems and the backlog has reportedly reached over 2.8 million applications. He said that even those seeking gas connections in the urgent category by depositing an urgent fee of Rs. 25,000/- were not getting new gas connections, which was very unfortunate.

He said that the Public Accounts Committee had also ordered the Ministry of Petroleum to immediately withdraw the ban on new gas connections across the country and start their installation, but PAC order has not been implemented so far. He called upon the government to give a serious consideration to this important issue as...