Director General (SS&CGTO) Brigadier (R) Muhammad Abu Zar while talking to media has said that Operation Grift of Sui Southern Gas Company is going in full swing. Gas theft courts are operational in Sindh & Balochistan. More than 400 cases of gas theft are under adjudication. And SSGC has zero tolerance for gas thieves. He said that till now 24 convictions have been announced against gas theft. Punishment from 5 years to 13 years imprisonment with various fines has been announced till date. And more than 120000 various kinds of operations have been conducted in the provinces of Sindh & Balochistan, and fine of around 2 Billion rupees have been imposed in various categories of gas theft, out of which around one billion has been recovered by the company in last 2 years. Abu Zar further said that SSGC has its own Police established in Karachi, which is supporting the operations & prosecution. –PR
