Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain here on Sunday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the inflated gas bills, terming it unjustified to put unnecessary burden on the poor consumers. Talking to the media, the Prime Minister, he said, also directed the Federal Minister for Petroleum to conduct an inquiry into the matter immediately. He added that 10 per cent increase in gas bills was for the consumers using less than 300 mmcfd (million cubic feet per day), which constitute 70 per cent of the gas consumers and more increase was for the rich people, consuming high volume of gas.

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