Sindh govt to move SC: CM

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday announced its strong opposition to the federal government’s decision to import LNG. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah said the Sindh government will challenge in Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) the federal government’s decision to import LNG.

Addressing a press conference at CM House Karachi, the CM Sindh said that Sindh produces 70% of the natural gas in Pakistan but it wasn’t consulted by the government in its decision to import gas. He said the Sindh government wasn’t taken into confidence. “Formula of gas distribution and price determination was also not decided upon,” he said.

CM Sindh feared that the federal government would want to sell expensive LNG to Sindh government but resolved that he would never let that happen. He said that the LNG import issue was raised in the Council of Common Interests but no response was received.

On this occasion, provincial minister Murad Ali Shah said that the federal government planned to mix the local gas with imported LNG and then sell it which will force the Sindh government to buy expensive gas. He said the Sindh government would move Supreme Court against the federal government over this “injustice”.—INP