Supply is getting expensive, distributors, 50 rupees per kg black marketing is going on, Irfan Khokhar (Photo: File)
Lahore: Due to the shortage of domestic natural gas in Pakistan, due to the collusion of the mafia, consumers have to buy LPG at high prices.
Despite the price being fixed by the regulatory authority Ogra, dealers are selling LPG at high prices in the market.
Citizens say that whether it is hot or cold, there is no reduction in the price of LPG. The stand is also taken by the dealers that they are provided gas at expensive prices.
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Still no action is being taken by the government on this nexus and no complaint is being made by the people facing gas shortage and every year billions of rupees are left out of the pockets of people across the country. .
No government action has been seen yet to control the LPG mafia and no crackdown has been done. Despite the reduction in the price of LPG by Rs. Expensive per kg.
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Ogra fixed the new price of LPG at Rs 229 per kg from April 1, but the LPG mafia is selling at Rs 290 to Rs 300 per kg.
According to Irfan Khokhar, chairman of LPG Distribution Association, the government is requested to fix the official price of the supply chain, but the mafia is robbing LPG consumers with both hands.
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