The leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has accused Imran Khan’s government of destroying Pakistan’s energy sector

*Paromita Das

According to local media, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has accused the former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government of destroying the country’s energy sector.

According to The News International, Abbasi stated that the Imran Khan government left the energy sector in shambles due to incompetence and neglect.

He went on to say that the energy sector was left with no new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, no progress on the south-to-north gas pipeline, and that the previous government failed to maximize the use of the existing two LNG terminals.
The PML-N leader went on to say that because the Imran Khan government failed to address the issues with the newly proposed LNG terminals, the current government has decided to summon the owners to get firsthand knowledge of their problems.

“As a result, we’ve decided to discuss those with them in order to resolve them,” he was quoted as saying by the media outlet.

Meanwhile, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has accused Imran Khan of setting a trap for his successors by announcing large fuel subsidies just weeks before his demise. He also stated that the government would be forced to withdraw subsidies in order to restart the stalled bailout program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Ismail blamed Imran Khan for attempting to sabotage the new government by announcing heavy fuel subsidies near the end of his tenure, expressing the government’s inability to continue the subsidies on petroleum products.