By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday made public the inquiry commission’s report on the petrol crisis-2020.
According to the report, the inquiry commission held oil marketing companies, Petroleum Division and Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) responsible for the acute fuel crisis in the country last year.
However, the inquiry report termed the recent fuel crisis in the country artificial. When oil prices had fallen in the international market, the authorities concerned imposed a ban on the import of fuel, read the report.
Earlier on March 26, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Nadeem Babar had resigned from his post after premier Imran Khan asked him to leave his post owing to a probe regarding the fuel crisis during June 2020 in the country.
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar had divulged the decisions made by the prime minister besides also announcing strict actions against oil companies and bureaucracy in a presser that day.
