Petroleum Division refutes reports of petrol stations' closure from May 1
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“There is no truth to reports of the closure of petrol pumps from May 1. The supply of petroleum products will continue uninterrupted,” the Petroleum Division posted on X.
It said, “Spreading panic among the people through fake propaganda should be avoided.”
The Petroleum Division pointed out that uninterrupted supply of petroleum products in the country had been ensured since the start of the war in the Middle East, adding that their availability would be ensured in the future as well.
Separately, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon also posted on X that there was sufficient stock of petrol at all petrol pumps in the federal capital, adding that reports of petrol stations’ closure from May 1 were rumours.
He also asked citizens to contact the district administration’s control room if they were “provided less petrol than your requirement” at any station.
The DC appealed to the public not to pay any heed to the rumours of a fuel shortage in the country.
The developments come amid a global fuel crisis caused by the closure of Strait of Hormuz — through which 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas supply used to pass in peacetime — as a consequence of the currently paused US-Israel war on Iran.
