Govt moves to end LPG monopolies, abolish quota system
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered a transparent, merit-based LPG framework meant to open competition and ease pressure on consumers.
Attaullah Tarar said the government is ending monopolistic practices in the LPG sector and abolishing the discretionary quota system.
He said PM Shehbaz Sharif ordered a merit-based, transparent system to improve competition and help consumers.
Tarar said the state earlier spent Rs133 billion in subsidies to stop petrol and diesel price rises, then shifted to the Fuel Relief Scheme.
He said OGRA has begun publishing relevant details online and that a winter gas supply strategy has been ordered.
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik appeared with Tarar at the Islamabad news conference.