ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Wazir-e-Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik ne Mangal ko petrol aur diesel ki qeematon mein aik aur kami ka ishara diya aur kaha ke "is se bhi behtar khabar hamare saamne aayegi", aur wada kiya ke hukumat is sardi mein gas ka silsila jari rakhne ke liye "intihai koshishein" karegi, jabke LPG Rs800 fi kilogram tak bik rahi hai.
Islamabad mein sahafiyon se baat karte hue Malik ne haliya kami ka zikr kiya aur kaha ke aalami markets neeche band hui thin. Unhon ne yeh baat aaj fuel prices ki hone wali nazar-e-sani se pehle kahi.
Unhon ne kaha ke kuch log LPG ki qillat se fayda uthane ki koshish kar rahe hain, jab "hamari maghribi sarhad par supply khushk ho gayi", aur consumers ko yeh Rs700 se Rs800 fi kilogram par pesh ki ja rahi hai. Iran se imports 17 October ko do guzargahein band hone ke baad se mutassir hain, aur LPG par chalne wale rickshaw drivers ka kehna hai ke woh apne ghar walon ka pait palne ke liye jaddojehd kar rahe hain.
Sardi ke sab se thande maheenon ke liye Malik ne kaha ke hukumat rozana teen waqt ke khane ke auqat mein pipeline gas ki faraahmi yaqeeni banane ki koshish karegi. "December aur January se aap ki sardi apne urooj par hogi, aur us waqt agar piped network ke liye sab se mehnga fuel bhi khareedna pare, toh hum use laayenge aur LNG ke zariye talab poori karne ki koshish karenge," unhon ne kaha. Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke jin logon ke paas piped connection nahin hai, unhein phir bhi LPG ki zaroorat hogi.
Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne Mangal ko is muamle par aik ijlas ki sadarat ki, aur woh us cheez ko, jise unhon ne mulk ka energy security architecture kaha, bilkul shuru se dobara tameer karne ki koshish ki qiyadat kar rahe hain.
"Ho sakta hai jang ne hamein kahin aur se yaqeenan apni crossfire mein le liya ho, lekin in chunautiyon se nipatne ki hamari salahiyat ke hawale se hamein apna ghar theek karna tha," unhon ne kaha. "Hum ne na storages par kaam kiya, na refineries par, aur na hi LPG chain par."
