TPA, competitive gas market issues- Any advance long-term pipeline capacity allocation will be violation of principles.

The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) has rejected a request of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal developers for allocating gas transmission and distribution capacity in advance. LNG demand is increasing (while local gas production is decreasing and is expected to reach almost zero levels in the next 10 years) which is reassuring and even enticing for the investors, and is perhaps the only positive side of Pakistan's market. [Extracted from the article]