LPG hits Rs700 in KP as MNAs demand notified Rs280 rate
Food and petroleum ministers answered calling-attention notices as MNAs said notified cylinder rates were ignored and DAP and urea remained costly for growers.
MNAs pressed the cabinet over costly DAP and urea and weak enforcement of notified LPG rates.
Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said urea factories were running and blamed Middle East tension for dearer DAP imports.
Lawmakers said LPG notified at Rs280 was fetching up to Rs700 in KP and Balochistan.
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik pointed to demand, logistics strain and plans for other import routes.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq barred parliamentary secretaries from answering for ministries outside their briefs.