PM directs eight hours of household gas amid conflict

Petroleum minister Ali Pervaiz Malik says domestic users will get eight hours of gas covering meal times, with SNGPL and SSGCL told to fix complaints fast.

Domestic consumers are to receive eight hours of gas a day covering three main meal timings, on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s directions.

SNGPL reported 487 MMCFD and SSGCL 286 MMCFD to domestic consumers at a review chaired by Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik.

Utilities were told to keep supply uninterrupted at meal times and to handle complaints quickly via robocalls, websites and social media.

The government says it aims to protect household cooking gas despite Middle East conflict pressures on energy markets.

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