• Show-cause notices issued to company’s officials for contempt of court
• Bench censures utility for violating court orders, cites discrimination against Balochistan’s consumers

QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court has expressed strong displeasure over prolonged gas load-shedding, inflated billing, and inadequate gas supply in the province, directing the issuance of contempt of court notices to senior officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL).

A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Rozi Khan Barech and Justice Sardar Ahmad Haleemi issued the orders during the hearing of the case Syed Nazir Ahmed Agha vs. Federation of Pakistan.

The court observed that SSGCL’s repeated violations of court orders and its discriminatory treatment of the citizens of Balochistan constitute a........

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