CNG price issue: Supreme Court seeks report
The bench rejected a request seeking an increase in the CNG price.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought records pertaining to the details of tariff accounts of the CNG stations, Dunya News reported.
Supreme Court s two-member bench comprising of Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain heard the CNG pricing case.
During case proceeding, the bench rejected a request submitted by the CNG station owners seeking an increase in the price of CNG.
Salman Akram Raja, the counsel for Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), also presented his arguments before the bench.
The court sought records pertaining to the tariff accounts of the CNG stations, pointing out the existence of filling stations operating without licenses.
In his remarks, Justice Khawaja termed the CNG association as a cartel, adding that, the government appeared to oblige to the demands made by the so-called cartel.
He further said that the court was not concerned with whether all the CNG stations are closed down, it will only follow the law.
Lawyer for the Sindh CNG association, Dr Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, said that the price of CNG was completely deregulated and that neither the courts nor the ministry of petroleum had the authority to decide the price of CNG.
Later, the case hearing was adjourned till Dec 6 (Thursday).
