KARACHI:Syed Mazhar Ali Nasir, Senior Vice President FPCCI, on Thursday criticized the SSGC for not taking the industries into confidence and making the decision in such a abrupt manner.
The government must understand that non-supply of gas would render thousands of industrial workers unemployed, cause losses of millions of rupees to revenue for the national exchequer and will discourage investors contemplating industrial investment in the country, he said in a statement.
He said: “Only available option to captive power based units is natural gas as K-Electric is unable to provide uninterrupted supply in the current situation. Industries are already facing problem of low pressure and closure of gas on every Sunday, and now notice issued today have created panic among the industrial sector.”
Bin Qasim Association of Trade and Industry also has appealed to the government to stop Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) from gas closure to captive power plants till further notice.
President BQATI said that Sui Southern Gas Company SSGC had issued a notice of gas closure for captive power till further notice, which was worrying for the business community.
Hussain Agha, President BQATI strongly condemned notices issued to captive power generating industry by SSGC. He said that BQATI had totally rejects the notice.