ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly was informed on Friday that Pakistan’s gas reserves are depleting at the rate of nine percent annually.
Responding to a calling attention notice, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar categorically stated in the House that gas theft will not be tolerated in any part of the country. He expressed satisfaction that Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited has significantly reduced its system losses from 12.5 percent to 8.5 percent over the last three years.
He said there is a need to bring further improvement in Sui Southern Gas Company Limited. He pointed out that the country’s gas reserves are depleting at the rate of nine percent annually. At the outset on Friday, the National Assembly offered fateha for those martyred in Thursday’s bomb blast in Lahore.
Later, the House adopted a motion allowing the use of its hall for the 48th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to be held in March. The motion was moved by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.