ISLAMABAD, MILLAT+(APP): Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distributors
Association of Pakistan (LPGDAP) will hold second international conference in March for promotion of LPG sector.
“The conference to be held in Lahore will help in devise a roadmap to streamle the issues confronted by the LPG sector in consultation with all stakeholders,” LPGDAP chairman Irfan Khokhar told APP Friday.
He said a number of delegates from abroad and across the country
including LPG importers, distributors, marketing companies cylinder
manufacturers and regulators besides senior officials of the concerned
departments would participate in the day-long moot.
Khokhar said the participants of conference would deliberate on a host
of issues being faced by the LPG sector including the commodity’s import
and production of sub-standard cylinders by illegal factories.
Answering a question, he said the association would support the government’s proposed LPG regulation policy if it would facilitate LPG import.
He said during the last 12 months, 1.2 million tonns LPG was
sold that generated Rs 42 billion revenue for the government, adding,
the revenue would reach Rs 100 billion this year.
Last year, he said, 532,000 tonns LPG was imported and this year the
association had a plan to import one million tonns and stressed to formulate
LPG import policy to meet growing energy needs.