RAWALPINDI: CNG stations from Attock to Jhelum observed a strike on Tuesday in protest against a government decision to close CNG stations for two days a week under load management plan.
The strike affected public transport in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Addressing a press conference, All Pakistan CNG Association’s chairman Ghayas Paracha claimed that 691 CNG stations closed on Tuesday.
Only six stations which are not members of the association because they are owned by oil marketing companies remained open.
He said CNG stations in Sargodha and Lahore region would observe a strike on Thursday and in Multan and Bahawalpur region on Friday.
Mr Paracha warned that his association would go on a country-wide strike from November 15 if the government did not withdraw its two-day closure decision.
He said owners of 2,986 CNG stations across the country had been asked to prepare for the country-wide strike.
Mr Paracha rejected a perception that the strike was politically motivated and said the CNG association had nothing to do with any political party.
Some members of the association told Dawn that CNG stations in Peshawar would observe a strike on November 14, in Sindh on November 15 and in Balochistan on November 16.LINK.....
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