Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday has directed recovery from companies responsible for artificial petroleum crisis.

LHC Chief Justice Qasim Khan, while announcing the decision on pleas against petroleum crisis, ordered the federal government to establish committee to decide the fate of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA).

The government is responsible to maintain the low amount of storage oil, he added.  

“Government should take stern action against those who have been found guilty for fuel crisis last year.” The government should ensure better storage capacity of petroleum products so that such crisis can be avoided in the future.

Last year, the Petroleum Division had ordered legal action against two oil marketing companies after shortage of petroleum across the country.

A fact-finding committee formed over fuel crisis across the country had written a letter recommending punitive action against two privately-owned companies over their role in the crisis that hit hard the country.

It is to be noted that, Nadeem Babar had resigned from his post of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister after being asked by Prime Minister Imran Khan owing to a probe regarding the fuel crisis during June 2020 in the country.