While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Chairman Mukhtar Ahmed Baloch, Vice Chairman Aasim Saeed Sheikh, Chairman of Ginners Group, Haji Muhammad Akram and Shehzad Ali Khan urged the government to immediately restore the gas supply to the textile sector and asked SNGPL to ensure the supply of uninterrupted gas supply to textile industry. They said the government was taking measures to redress the grievances of the people of Southern Punjab.
PCGA chairman said more than 40 percent of the industry in the province runs on gas and any suspension in the gas supply means closure of about half of the total industry and a drastic cut in government revenues.