Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: As many as two dozen Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) companies benefited from Musharraf’s LP G quota system and minted huge sum of money at the cost of public resources by using their political position.

Company of wife of senior Pakistan People Party PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan is among the coteries of other aristocratic personalities who were awarded LPG quota, violating laws.

The Daily Times got the report which contains the details of the companies that were benefited by Musharraf while distributing LPG quota in order to extinct the voices against his military rule.

Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry could not take punitive action against LPG mafia when the case in his court was filed by LPG distributors against the monopoly of LPG companies.

In order to prolong his unconstitutional rule and to quelled the rebellion against his government in the country, Musharraf showered un precedent benefits using national assets to his detractors including Aitzaz Ahsan who was the main critics of his government.

The person who benefited from LPG quota during military rule belong to all walk of our social life including politics, military, legal fraternity, judges, bureaucracy, showbiz, industrialist, landlords, journalists, and traders.

These companies have now become LPG Cartel which is reportedly taking more than 200 billion rupees from the poor people pocket by raising the price of LPG without taking into consideration the law of the country.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of National Assembly also took the notice of LPG companies’ monopoly and corruption when Auditor General submitted a report about a corruption of these companies during an extraordinary meeting.

PAC then directed Ministry of Petroleum to furnish detailed the report of those LPG Companies which took LPG quota from Musharraf and minted huge sum of money at the cost of public resources.

The source told that Ministry of Petroleum directed its subsidiary institutions like OGDCL, PPL and Pak Arab Refinery to provide details of those companies which got quota during military regime.

LPG producer institutions have prepared a preliminary report complying PAC direction and the report is now available with Daily Times.

The Daily Times has been confirmed by the distributors that these LPG companies have formed a cartel in the country to fleece the poor people but the government department and OGRA has failed to chain the greediness of these people. Here are the names of the companies and their owner who allegedly got LPG quota from Musharraf, SAM Gas owned by Bushra Ahsan wife of Aitzaz Ahsan, Shell Gas owned by Farooq Rehmat, Foundation Gas Project of Fauji Foundation, Cheveron Gas, SHV Energy owned by Brig Retd Sadiq Nawaz, Cap Gas owned by Naveed Malik, Lub Gas owned by Iqbal Z Ahmed, Sun Gas, Wak Gas owned by Waqar Ahmed Khan, Around Gas owned by Jumanin family, Baluchistan Gas owned by former Senator Sarwar Kakar, Mehran Gas Iqbal Z Khan, Muhammad Gas owned by Amir Khurshid, Bolan Gas owned by Aref Gelani, Ravi Gas, Petrosin Gas owned by General (Retd) Saeed Ahmed Wahla, Pro Gas owned by General (Retd) Khalid Aahir Akhtar, Power Gas, Gasman owned by Zafar Ali Shah, Synergy by Ahsan Latif, Cress Gas by M Sharif, Noor Gas by Belal Jabar, Rachna Gas by Farid Tariq, Pure Gas by Malik Amir Ali, Mecom Gas by Abdul Wahab, Tez Gas by Farooq Iftikhar, Super Star Gas, Golden Gas, Watna Gas, Best Gas, Khyber Energy owned by Saeed Khan, Madni Gas by Rana Amir Shahzad, Hum Gas by Rida Nabeel Nawaz, Makran Gas owned by General (Retd) Aziz Khudadad Dashni, Lord Gas, Saudi Gas, Qureshi Gas by Shahnawaz Begum, Kotal Gas, Pioneer Gas, Akbar Gas by Ansari family, Khaas Gas owned by Mutaza Hashwani, Awami Gas owned by Myram Ahsan Maqbool, Iqra Gas Sadiq Gas, Sehwan Gas, Kim Gas Moeen Rana, Ok Gas, Terra Gas, Pyamid Gas, Sangi Gas, Sinsh Gas, Frontier Gas owned by Sardar Ali Khan, Sarhad Gas by Geelani family, Shaheen Gas, Global Gas, Marshal Gas by Syed Asghar Ali Shah, Saif Gas by Kiramat Khan, Gul Gas, Blessing Gas, Fata Gas, Petro Gas by Amir Shahid, Alpha Gas, Lite Gas. Al Qasim Gas, Home Gas, Rohi Gas, Sundra Gas owned by Jumani family, Loreza Gas NGL, Saaf Gas , MNA Gas, United Gas, Royal Gas and Blue Flame owned by Shafqat Mehmood.

Daily Times made attempt to reach out the owners of these companies for their comments but we could not ascertain their comments.