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Gas expansion schemes for Punjab 'detrimental to national harmony', complains Murad
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's decision to approve 97 natural gas expansion schemes, a majority of which are meant for the ruling party’s political base — Punjab — is a "source of discontent" and may affect national harmony in the country, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Tuesday in a letter addressed to the prime minister.
Shah was expressing his concerns about the approval of new gas schemes worth more than Rs37 billion for "politically selected areas".
The 97 schemes were all approved after the prime minister recently relaxed a moratorium on the expansion of gas supply schemes in Punjab. Out of the total, 77 schemes — recommended by lawmakers from the PML-N — were meant for Punjab.