{"id":103750,"date":"2025-10-28T15:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103750"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:52:48","slug":"pm-launches-domestic-gas-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-domestic-gas-connections.html","title":{"rendered":"PM launches domestic gas connections across Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced the reopening of new domestic gas connections across the country, ending a four-year ban on household supplies through the introduction of Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a launch ceremony in Islamabad, the prime minister said the initiative fulfils a long-standing public demand and reflects the government\u2019s commitment to easing citizens\u2019 daily challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban on new domestic gas connections had been imposed in 2021 due to the depletion of natural gas reserves, forcing many households to rely on more expensive alternatives such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for cooking and heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the PDM government\u2019s tenure in 2022, there was significant public pressure to restore gas connections,\u201d the prime minister said. \u201cAt that time, supply constraints made it difficult, but now that funds have been released and infrastructure has been developed, RLNG will be supplied nationwide to a large number of applicants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sngpl-to-issue-300000-new-gas-connections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SNGPL to issue 300,000 new gas connections this year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister congratulated coalition partners, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), for their cooperation in restoring the connections. He also expressed hope that the initiative would bring relief to households and contribute to the country\u2019s progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, federal ministers, senior officials from Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), and parliamentarians attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video message played during the event, Minister for Energy Ali Pervaiz Malik said SNGPL had reduced its line losses to 4.93% and posted a profit of PKR 29 billion in the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the company\u2019s improved financial and operational performance had made it possible to resume new domestic gas connections on a sustainable basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced the reopening of new domestic gas connections across the country, ending a four-year ban on household supplies through the introduction of Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) connections. Speaking at a launch ceremony in Islamabad, the prime minister said the initiative fulfils a long-standing public demand and reflects the government\u2019s commitment to easing citizens\u2019 daily challenges. The ban on new domestic gas connections had been imposed in 2021 due to the depletion of natural gas reserves, forcing many households to rely on more expensive alternatives such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for cooking and heating. \u201cDuring the PDM government\u2019s tenure in 2022, there was significant public pressure to restore gas connections,\u201d the prime minister said. \u201cAt that time, supply constraints made it difficult, but now that funds have been released and infrastructure has been developed, RLNG will be supplied nationwide to a large number of applicants.\u201d Read: SNGPL to issue 300,000 new gas connections this year The prime minister congratulated coalition partners, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), for their cooperation in restoring the connections. He also expressed hope that the initiative would bring&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":103338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[68611,20718,64811,65381,31136,68918,41,68917,68920,68919,7964,64720,7097,61118,13405],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-domestic-gas-connections","9":"tag-economic-development","10":"tag-energy-infrastructure","11":"tag-energy-policy","12":"tag-energy-sector","13":"tag-fuel-supply","14":"tag-islamabad","15":"tag-lpg-alternatives","16":"tag-national-utilities","17":"tag-natural-gas-supply","18":"tag-pakistan-government","19":"tag-public-relief","20":"tag-rlng","21":"tag-shehbaz-sharif","22":"tag-sngpl","23":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM launches domestic gas connections - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ban on new domestic gas connections had been imposed in 2021 due to the depletion of natural gas reserves, forcing many...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-domestic-gas-connections.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM launches domestic gas connections - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ban on new domestic gas connections had been imposed in 2021 due to the depletion of natural gas reserves, forcing many...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-domestic-gas-connections.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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