KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani on Saturday said the federal government was responsible for the shortage in gas supply in Sindh, refuting Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan’s remarks that the federal government was not allowed to lay a gas pipeline in the province.
Speaking to reporters in Islamabad today, Ghani took exception to Ayub’s statement, saying the provincial cabinet had received two projects, which the federal government pursued and the Sindh government had gone “out of its way to solving Centre’s problem”.
Ghani said the federal government had never contacted the provincial government for the project Ayub was referring to. The Sindh information minister went on to claim that matters relating to a third pipeline had never been discussed with the provincial energy minister either.
Following a visit to the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) headquarters in Karachi yesterday, Ayub said the provincial government had not given SSGCL the “right of way” for a long time, which he said was the fundamental reason compressed natural gas (CNG) shutdowns were taking place in Sindh.
While Ayub had placed “complete responsibility” for the gas shortage on the Sindh government and the PPP government, Ghani said: “We are not getting gas in any department and the blame has been put on the provincial government. The federal government is responsible, this is the job of the federal government.”
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