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Govt considers allowing private firms to directly import LNG: report

Pakistan Published 1 October 2026, 06:43 · archived 1 Oct 2026

KARACHI: Pakistan is considering allowing power plants and other private companies to directly import liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it seeks to shore up energy supplies without adding to the strain on state finances, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. According to a Bloomberg report, two of the country’s LNG import terminals have remained largely idle since March, when the conflict in the Middle East virtually halted shipments from Qatar, Pakistan’s largest LNG supplier. Existing regulations don’t easily allow buyers apart from state-owned Pakistan LNG Ltd to procure cargoes...

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