Federal Minister for Petroleum directed to conduct inquiry into inflated gas bills

LAHORE, Feb 03: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain here on Sunday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the inflated gas bills, terming it unjustified to put unnecessary burden on the poor consumers.

Talking to the media, the Prime Minister, he said, also directed the Federal Minister for Petroleum to conduct an inquiry into the matter immediately. He added that 10 per cent increase in gas bills was for the consumers using less than 300 mmcfd (million cubic feet per day), which constitute 70 per cent of the gas consumers and more increase was for the rich people, consuming high volume of gas.

He said the PTI government was going to launch the first phase of Insaf Sehat Card by tomorrow (Monday) for the poor segments of the society, who did not have proper access to healthcare facilities, and they would be provide free of cost medical treatment worth Rs 700,000 to Rs 900,000. This initiative would bring about a revolution in the Healthcare Programme of the government, he maintained.

(APP)