ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has made it clear that there is no petrol crisis in the country as additional supplies are being dispatched to petrol stations than their routine demand. A spokesman for the Ministry said on Sunday that supply and demand of petrol is being monitored on a daily basis. He said 14728 metric tons of oil was being supplied as against a demand of 12,000 tons. He said reports that there is shortage of petrol at some fuel stations are baseless.

The spokesman vowed action against petrol pumps that were found closed on Sunday. He further said that the marketing companies have reserves of 90,000 tons of petrol while an additional 32,000 tons of this commodity was being off- loaded at Karachi Port.

The spokesman said that during the current month as many as 11 ships with 3,50,000 metric tons of oil would reach Pakistan. He added that there is no petrol crisis as a result of reduction in POL prices.-PR

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