'Pakistan tops in global CNG industry'
City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that attainment of world No 1 position by Pakistan in CNG industry is a matter of pride. She said CNG is a environment-friendly fuel and the city government has started setting up 40 CNG stations at various bus terminals and defunct KTC depots under its management to raise infrastructure prior to arrival of large-sized CNG buses in the metropolis. In the first phase, bids have been invited to set up of five CNG stations to be constructed under public-private partnership. She was talking to a delegation of the CNG Station Owners Association of Pakistan, led by its Chairman Malik Khuda Bux, which met her here on Wednesday. Nasreen pointed out that the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) is focusing on infrastructure improvement on the one hand and taking various steps for environment improvement on the other. She said establishment of model fitness and vehicle testing station is in its priority list. Malik Khuda Bux informed the Nasreen Jalil that there is no shortage of gas in Karachi and Sindh and when gas supplies slumped in the Punjab in winter, Sindh had supplied 47 mcb to that province. At present, Khuda Bux said 1923 CNG stations are in operation in Pakistan and some 1.65 million vehicles are operating on gas out of which 40 percent were in Karachi. In Karachi, he stated, there are 169 filling stations and 22 more were coming up while the city needs 200 stations. He appreciated the development schemes implemented in the metropolis and paid glowing tributes to the CDGK and Haq Parast leadership for carrying out speedy development. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008