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government has expressed its inability to pay billions of rupees to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited for legalising gas connections in the two major gas producing districts of the province over shortage of funds.
The development comes almost four months after the provincial government assured the petroleum and natural resources ministry of the Rs6 billion payment to the SNGPL for regularising illegal gas connections in Karak and Kohat.
The issue came under discussion during a last week meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
The federal petroleum and natural resources secretary, provincial chief secretary, and senior SNGPL and relevant provincial government officials were also in attendance.
It is learnt that the provincial government will contact the Bank of Khyber to provide loan for the gas connection regularisation, while the SNGPL will carry out feasibility study for the project in Karak.