KARACHI: Patron in Chief North Karachi Association of Trade & Industry (NKATI) A Moiz Khan and President Nasim Akhtar have expressed deep concern over the three-days gas shutdown by Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC).
According to a press release issued today (Friday), NKATI leaders asserted that the government should realize that due to the power load shedding in the industries the production activities are already hampered.
“In such cases, shutting down the gas supply will completely stop the production process, which will have a negative impact on the country’s exports,” they added.
NKATI leaders asked the government whether they shut down the industries as there were repeated attempts to shut down the industries under various pretexts.
They said, “SSGC has announced to cut off the gas supply to industries three days a week. If the supply of electricity and gas to industries is continuously cut off, it will become impossible for industries to function.”
“It has seemed that industries were no longer the first priority of the government. The exporters who are taking export orders, how will they deliver the goods in a timely manner,” they added.
NKATI leaders demanded to withdraw the decision of three days’ gas load shedding in the industries and said that if the government does not want the industrial wheel to turn, it should express it so that the industrial workers can be fired.
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