Heavy rains in Karachi have caused water to accumulate at the oil terminals at Maripur and Port Qasim, raising fears about a potential fuel shortage in the future.
Several feet of rains have made it difficult to load and unload oil tankers, according to Mir Shams Shahwani, chairman of the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA). He predicted that this issue will most certainly cause a gasoline crisis in Karachi.
According to Shahwani, oil tankers are stranded as a result of inadequate rainfall drainage. Fuel hasn’t been available for the past two days. He emphasized that the issue must be resolved right now by the federal and provincial administrations.
A petrol crisis might break out in Karachi and soon spread throughout the nation, the chairman continued, if the government doesn’t take action. He cautioned that given the current state of the economy, even a small lack of initiative or judgment might have disastrous results.
The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) threatened to shut down all gas stations throughout the nation earlier this month in response to low-profit margins. The group has asked that profit margins be raised to 6% by the government.
The PPDA claims that the government has long ignored the petroleum dealers’ profit margins. According to PPDA Chairman Abdul Sami Khan, “the dealers are being forced to close their operations” as a result of the low-profit margins.
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