'SNGPL assures uninterrupted gas supply to export sector'.

LAHORE -- All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Adil Bashir on Monday thanked SNGPL for uninterrupted supply of gas to export-oriented sectors.

Talking to the media here, he welcomed the appointment of Syed Ali Javaid Hamdani, as the new Managing Director SNGPL and expressed the hope that he would personally ensure supply of gas at normal pressure to the export industry to enable it in creating additional jobs, attracting new investment and uplifting exports of the country.

He stated that an APTMA delegation also held a meeting with the newly-appointed MD of SNGPL.

APTMA Punjab Chairman Abdul Rahim Nasir and other office bearers of the Association were also present.

Adil Bashir pointed out the ongoing extreme low gas pressure across the province of Punjab, saying that

the productivity of the export-oriented industry was being compromised due to this single factor.

During the meeting, he added that he also urged the new MD of the Company to revise/withdraw the ad hoc

bills after verifying the actual gas consumption of those industries having switched over to other energy sources.

He also took up the issue of extension of load applications by the industry to the Company and stressed for expeditious processing of those applications as well as the applications for change of gas connection from Industrial to Captive.

He mentioned that APTMA delegation apprised that sustained supply of gas/RLNG was essential to maintain

the momentum of enhanced exports as currently, the textile industry was working at full capacity. The exports orders for the next six months were booked and there was a continuous upward trend despite the COVID pandemic. Abdul...