An emergency meeting was convened on Thursday at PSO House by the CEO and MD-PSO to discuss the grave financial situation currently being faced by the national oil giant. This situation has arisen due to non-payment by the power sector for the furnace oil which is being supplied to them on credit terms.
PSO required at least Rs 51 billion to retire its LC's this month, however, despite various promises made by the Water and Power Ministry only Rs 13 billion have so far been paid, leaving a whopping deficit of Rs 37 billion for the current month only. This non-payment has brought the nation's largest and most profitable public company to its knees and may consequently lead to a breakdown in the oil supply chain which will result in increased black-outs and loadshedding across the country. Keeping in view of the situation, the management and employees of PSO have unanimously decided to take preventive steps to avert a possible financial default by the company.-PR