LAHORE(Republic policy): Many petrol pumps in several central and small cities of Punjab have been facing a severe petrol shortage. These annoying motorists were seen waiting in long queues at petrol pumps to buy the commodity.
The situation seems worst in some major cities like Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalabad, where several petrol pumps have either no or a meagre supply of petrol for the last many days, allegedly due to squeezed supply from the oil marketing companies (OMCs).
“In Lahore, around 70 of the total 450 pumps are dry. The areas where the pumps are closed due to petrol shortage include Shahdra, Wagah, Litton Road, and Jain Mandar,” Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association’s secretary of information Khawaja Atif told Dawn.
Talking about other cities, he said in Gujranwala, around 70 per cent of pumps had no petrol due to short supplies from the OMCs. Moreover, many pumps have been without petrol for several days in Faisal­abad, Okara, Sahiwal and other districts.

However, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik claimed that there is no fuel shortage as stock of petrol is available for the next 20 days and diesel for 25 days. Ber of petrol pumps in several central and small cities of Punjab has been facing a severe petrol shortage. These annoying motorists were seen waiting in long queues at petrol pumps to buy the commodity.
The situation seems worst in some major cities like Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalabad, where several petrol pumps have either no or a meagre supply of petrol for the last many days, allegedly due to squeezed supply from the oil marketing companies (OMCs).
“In Lahore, around 70 of the total 450 pumps are dry. The areas where the pumps are closed due to petrol shortage include Shahdra, Wagah, Litton Road, and Jain Mandar,” Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association’s secretary of information Khawaja Atif told Dawn.
Talking about other cities, he said that in Gujranwala, around 70 per cent of pumps had no petrol due to short supplies from the OMCs. Moreover, many pumps have been without petrol for several days in Faisal­abad, Okara, Sahiwal and other districts.

However, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik claimed that there is no fuel shortage as petrol stock is available for the next 20 days and that diesel for 25 days.