The media used to say that if you buy it first, it will be cheaper.
The country has 80% LNG available and the next 60 days will pass with further cooperation. Spokesman of the Ministry of Finance
Islamabad news advertisment latest. December 26, 2021: Spokesman of the Ministry of Finance Muzammil Aslam has said that those who argue for getting cheap LNG on premature purchase have been proved wrong. The long term LNG agreements made by PML-N have defaulted. According to details, in a statement, he said that all the long-term LNG contracts signed by the PML-N government in 2017 are constantly defaulting, due to the current price and the time value of the contract. Is.
The Finance Ministry spokesperson further said that this argument proves that the argument of the media persons who used to say that it would be cheaper to buy it earlier, has become useless. The next 60 days will also pass.
مسلم لیگ دور 2017 کے ایل این جی لانگ ٹرم معاہدے مسلسل ڈیفالٹ کر رہے ہیں۰ وجہ موجودہ قیمت سے معادے کی قیمت میں فرق۰ خلاصہ جو میڈیا والے حضرات دلیل دیتے تھے پہلے خرید لیتے تو سستا مل جاتا وہ بیکار ہو گئ۰ الحمد اللہ اب بھی 80 فیصد LNG دستیاب ہے اور تعاون سے اگلے 60 دن گزر جائے گے۰
— Muzzammil Aslam (@MuzzammilAslam3) December 25, 2021
On the other hand, Federal Minister for Energy Hamad Azhar said that the supply of gas is the same as the outflow and this year gas is not being supplied to the domestic consumers, the demand for gas is increasing, the demand for domestic gas consumers is increasing in winter. The country's natural gas reserves continue to dwindle, the shortage of gas is due to system shortages and the demand for gas from domestic consumers has increased in the cold. Therefore, in winter, other sectors are stopped and given to domestic consumers. Teams are working hard and hopefully gas supply will improve.
During the press conference, Hamad Azhar said that there is a hearing on gas in Sindh High Court on December 30 and gas reserves are continuously decreasing, therefore a very cheap gas supply cannot be provided. To do this, 10 to 11 cargoes will come to the country and are trying to improve the gas supply.