The report of independent auditors appointed by Ogra on the directives of the Apex Court had calculated losses to the tune of Rs 18.9 on the current retail price, said Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha, APCNGA Chairman Supreme Council. In a statement issued here on Monday, he said that CNG operators had been directed to sell gas at Rs 61.63 in which they paid back Rs 57.62 to the government as bill of the gas utilised by them.
Owners only save Rs 4.01 per kg in which they are supposed to cater for compression and operational costs, salaries, rent, fees, diesel for generators, maintenance of building and machines, depreciation and miscellaneous expenses which is illogical. Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha said that audit of operational cost had been conducted by audit of gas prices haven't, otherwise masses would have seen the full picture of the problem.
Ogra was not willing to accept the report of auditors appointed by them; it was bent upon following babucracy which was complicating the matter creating problems for masses and the CNG sector, he added. Paracha said the record submitted by FBR in the Supreme Court says that CNG sector had paid around Rs 36 billion as advance income tax and Sates Tax in last three years "yet we are subjected to discrimination." He said that Ogra and Energy Ministry had mismanaged everything while patronising and promoting influential sectors that would never discharge national obligations by paying taxes.-PR