KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the natural gas produced in Sindh is being supplied to fertiliser and power sectors. The chief minister said that under Article 158 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the province where wellhead of natural gas was situated has first right of utilisation of indigenous natural gas. “However, on the contrary, natural gas produced from Sindh is supplied to other provinces and requirements of Sindh province are not being met,” he added. Had the natural gas supplied to other industrial, commercial and domestic consumers in Sindh, the Province could have benefited a lot,” he further added. “Thus, Sindh may be compensated for the amount of natural gas not provided to its consumers of different sectors,” he demanded.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2019 12:21 UTC