APTMA寻求全国统一的能源价格

APTMA seeks uniform energy prices across Pakistan

Apex body of the Pakistan textile sector, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab unit, convened an emergency general body meeting to press the case for uniform energy prices across the country and remove the disparity. APTMA members from Faisalabad and Multan chapters also partook in the deliberations through a video link.

“There is a huge disparity of Rs 530 per million British thermal units (MMBTU), which can make the Punjab textile industry uncompetitive as against mills in other regions of the country,” Pakistan media reports quoted APTMA Punjab chairman Syed Ali Ahsan as saying at the meeting.

The members however praised the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif for his support to end disparity in gas prices in Punjab, when compared with other states.

According to APTMA, the disparity arose as a result of the Economic Coordination Committee’s (ECC) decision to reduce price of natural gas price for the general industry from Rs 600 per MMBTU to Rs 400 per MMBTU.

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APTMA寻求全国统一的能源价格

巴基斯坦纺织部门顶级团体,巴基斯坦纺织厂协会(APTMA)旁遮普分会召开了一次紧急的团体大会，表示需按全国统一的能源价格并消除差距。来自费萨尔巴德和木尔坦的APTMA成员也通过视频链接参与审议意见。

“每百万英热530卢比的巨大不同，使得旁遮普纺织业与全国其他地方相比毫无竞争力”巴基斯坦媒体引用APTMA主席Syed Ali Ahsan在会议上的说法。

然而成员赞扬了旁遮普省首席部长Shahbaz Sharif，他支持旁遮普的天然气价格与国家其他州相比有所差距。

根据APTMA，价格不同是因为经济协调委员会决定降低行业天然气价格从每单位600卢比降至400卢比的结果。