Senate committee condemns termination of 15 inter ...

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• The committee also questioned the delay in providing gas connections to residents of Qila Mubarak Town in Quetta, where a project initially estimated at Rs5 million has now reached a stage where the contractor is demanding Rs11.5 million for the same work.
• The committee held the concerned department responsible for the delay and questioned the legality of issuing a fresh demand notice to residents who had already been asked to pay.
• The committee also took up the difficulties faced by residents of Qila Mubarak Town in Quetta, who have been waiting for gas connections for around three years.

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Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum has condemned the termination of 15 regular employees of Inter Gas System (Private) Limited, raising concerns about their future in a country facing unemployment. The committee questioned the way the employees were removed and directed the company to explain its hiring and termination policies and provide a complete list of those affected at its next meeting.

The committee also questioned the delay in providing gas connections to residents of Qila Mubarak Town in Quetta, where a project initially estimated at Rs5 million has now reached a stage where the contractor is demanding Rs11.5 million for the same work. The committee held the concerned department responsible for the delay and questioned the legality of issuing a fresh demand notice to residents who had already been asked to pay.

The Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum met at Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Manzoor Ahmed. Senators Saadia Abbasi, Qurat ul Ain Marri, Jam Saifullah Khan, Abdul Wassy and Zameer Hussain Ghumro attended the meeting, while Senator Amir Waliuddin Chishti participated through Zoom.

During the meeting, employees of Inter Gas System presented their complaints over the termination of their regular services. They told the committee that the company’s operational projects had not been discontinued, raising questions about the decision to remove them from their jobs.