Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Crackdown against gas theft continues in Punjab and KP

KP
  • Teams detected 5 km long illegal gas theft network in Mardan.
  • SNGPL disconnected  illegal gas connection of farmhouse in Lahore.
  • 241 more gas connections  disconnected in Punjab and KP.

LAHORE: The massive crackdown against gas theft continued in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the federal capital Islamabad by the  Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL).

Spokesperson SNGPL said monitoring teams detected a 5 km long illegal gas theft network in Mardan. The teams disconnected the illegal gas connection of the farmhouse in Lahore  and domestic gas connection  was being used for commercial purposes in Lahore.

The spokesman said that apart from Punjab, action was taken against gas thieves in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad and 241 more gas connections were disconnected.

Spokesperson SNGPL said 19 connections were disconnected in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, 43 in Gujarat, Sialkot, Sargodha, 62 in Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Lahore & Sahiwal, 49 in Bahawalpur & Multan, 50 in Peshawar and Mardan.

The spokesperson says that Rs 2.7 million will be collected from the people involved in gas theft.

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