Media and fuel shortages.

Byline: Neha Khan - Karachi

ONE may point fingers at anyone, but the fact is it is the government ministries' job to ensure that proper short-term and long-term policies are put into place so that fuel shortages like the current ones do not occur.

Make no mistake, oil company supply networks were adequately supplying petroleum products to their retail outlets as per demand. As soon clocks struck 12:00 am on June 1, people obviously started filling up their tanks.

Stocks that lasted weeks at a fuel station, were sold out in a matter of hours. Yes, stocks ran out, but they would have been timely replenished under normal circumstances. Had the media not sensationalised the alleged shortage...