Amid the ongoing economic crisis, fuel shortagelinkhitsthe country’s most populous region Punjab as many petrol stations indifferent areas, especially in the provincial capital Lahore, run dry inwake of ‘limited supply’.
Hundreds from different cities complained that no fuellinkavailable in fuel stations while long queues were spotted at petrol pumpswhich are offering only limited fuel.
The situation remained worst in densely populated cities like Lahore,Gujranwala and Faisalabad where petrol pumps have either no or a limitedsupplylinkofpetrol for a couple of days purportedly due to limited supply from the oilmarketing companies.
Around 60-70 per cent of fuel stations in Gujranwala had no petrol, and themasses faced similar difficulties in Okara, Sahiwal and other cities inPunjab.
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As people faced difficulty in buying the commodity, several trends appearedon the microblogging platform Twitter, where the usersvented out theiranger over the fuel crisis. Some people also pointed out that panic buyingwas witnessed at some petrol stations.
