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Pakistan mulls allowing private firms to directly import LNG: report

Pakistan Published 30 September 2026, 13:55 · archived 30 Sep 2026

The government, in order to avoid further financial strain, is considering allowing power plants and other private companies to directly import liquefied natural gas (LNG), Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. According to the report, two of Pakistan’s LNG import terminals have been mostly idle since March, amid a halt in flows from Qatar owing to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. It said that existing regulations in the country make it difficult for buyers, apart from state-owned Pakistan LNG Limited, to procure cargoes from the spot market. Pakist...

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