Two gas utilities to become five

ISLAMABAD: The government is once again finalising plans to unbundle the country’s two gas utilities into five smaller companies — one transmission company and four provincial distribution firms — on the pattern of the more than 15 ex-Wapda generation, transmission and distribution companies. The proposed gas sector reforms, including the unbundling of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL), were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting led by Petroleum Minis...

By [email protected] (Khaleeq Kiani)