Petroleum Crisis’ responsible is declared by PM Nawaz.

Pakistan, Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting Tuesday during which he assesses the petroleum crises in the country.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued order for structural changes in order to ensure that the current petroleum crisis situation does not arise again.

The two-member committee tasked to inquire into this matter presented their initial findings to PM Nawaz, informing him that the petrol shortage was a serious failure on the part of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) as a regulator.

The meeting approved the earlier decision of suspending four senior officials responsible for the crisis and decided that Deputy Managing Director of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Sohail Butt was also equally responsible and ordered his suspension as well.

At a press conference yesterday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had pardon himself of any direct or indirect responsibility for the petrol shortage and termed it “a plan against the government.

Meanwhile, Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had accepted responsibility for the crisis in a separate press conference yesterday and said he was ashamed on behalf of the government that the crisis had been allowed to continue.