People say that the situation regarding shortageof petrol remainedthe same on Wednesday even after Prime Minister took notice of thesituation. The country has been facing shortage of petrol and it is nowhere to be found at pumps of private oil marketing companies. However, Petrol has been available at PSO pumps but people have to wait in long queues in orderto buy petrol. According to details, petrol is scarce and people have to travel mostly on foot due to its non-availability. They have expressed their displeasure and said that when petrol was expensive there was no shortage but ever since petrol price was reduced, it became scarce. Most petrol pumps remained open in Karachi but regular grade petrol was not available and citizens were forced to buy expensive high octane fuel instead. Many also wandered in search of petrol and long queues could be seen at government run petrol stations. The citizens have demanded that the licenses of petrol stations and companies involved in creating artificial shortage, be revoked. Meanwhile, the mdia has brought to light the causes of petrol crisis in the country. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and the Ministry of Petroleum caused the crisis.
Petrol shortage persists despite PM’s notice
