Fuel shortage hits major cities as oil tankers’ strike enters third day
Fuel shortage hits major cities as oil tankers’ strike enters third day: A severe crisis is on the cards as several fuel stations in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta, among other areas, have closed shop owing to lack of supply and high demand.
Moreover, at the handful of fuel stations that are operating, long queues of commuters can be seen as people rush to acquire the commodity before it runs out completely.
Adding to the crisis is the decision of CNG stations to close down across Sindh for the next 24 hours. However, All Pakistan CNG Association Chairman Ghaus Paracha said Sui Southern Gas Company will be opening all the CNG stations across the country.
Tourists who had thronged Gilgit-Baltistan and surrounding areas were reported stranded owing to the fuel shortage as well as halt in public transport vehicles, locals said.
Fuel stations across the country shut down after supply was halted when the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Association (APOTA) went on a strike against the government’s ‘unfair’ practices.
On Monday, APOTA announced to go on a countrywide strike in protest of the safety rules imposed by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA). The association members decided not to supply oil to fuel stations in protest for an indefinite period until their demands were met.
OGRA said it would start checking the tankers being used by oil marketing companies, as it was feared many oil tankers did not fulfill the quality criteria.
The regulator decided to implement the safety rules after the horrific incident in Ahmedpur East, which claimed lives of over 200 people.
After the first two days of negotiations failed, the petroleum secretary assured that negotiations with the association will succeed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has offered to transport fuel across the country on cargo trains.
APOTA has refused to comply with government orders pertaining to the use of substandard and unsafe vehicles for the transportation of fuel.
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