Pakistan Fuel Crisis: Pakistan is already facing the brunt of poverty. Now the rumors have created another problem for the neighboring country. After the news of increase in the prices of petroleum products here, some petrol pumps have stopped supplying to the customers. He says that he will start selling it when the prices increase. According to media reports, there is sufficient stock of petrol and diesel in the country to meet the demand for the next 20 days.
At present there are only six top companies in Pakistan who have stock of petroleum products. These include State Oil, Total, Go, Shell and others. There are a total of 9,800 petrol pumps in the country, out of which six companies have a network of 6,000 retail outlets. At the same time, due to the current economic conditions and non-opening of Letters of Credit (LC), the burden of 3800 retail shops has also been put on these six companies.
long queues at petrol pumps
People stood in queues for hours at petrol stations in many cities of Pakistan. Pumps were closed due to shortage of petrol in many cities of Punjab province. After spreading the news of shortage of petrol, many people also made purchases in large quantities. Only a few petrol pumps are open, where people were seen standing in long queues. This matter has come to the fore a few days after the warning from the oil companies in the country.
‘Pakistan has enough petrol’
However, Minister of State for Petroleum Mussadiq Malik denied that there was a shortage of petrol. He said that Pakistan has enough fuel to last for the next 20 days. Earlier, the Government of Pakistan had announced that the prices of petrol and diesel would be increased by Pakistan Rupee (PKR) 35 per liter.
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