Claim: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced that it will cut off gas supply from 8am to 4pm and from 12am to 4am during Ramzan. Gas supply will be ensured from 4am to 8am and from 4pm to 12am, it says.
Fact: The SSGC has said it will carry out gas pressure profiling from 9am to 3pm and from 10pm to 3am.
On 7 March 2024, Soch Fact Check received a forwarded WhatsApp message, stating:
“سوئی گیس کا شیڈول رات 4 بجے سے صبح 8 بجے تک اور شام 4 سے رات 12 بجے تک گیس بحال رہے گی SSGC صبح 8 سے شام 4 بجے تک اور رات 12 سے سے صبح 4 بجے تک گیس بند
[Sui Gas schedule: Gas supply will be ensured from 4amto 8amand from 4pmto 12am, SSGC. Gas [supply] will be cut off from 8 AM to 4 PM and from 12 AM to 4 AM]”
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reviewed the official social media accounts of the SSGC and found that the timings mentioned in the viral message are incorrect.
In a 7 March 2024 post (archive) on X, the SSGC announced the official timings of “uninterrupted gas supplies for Sehar and Iftar preparations”.
Read more: SSGC has not announced a new gas load-shedding schedule
“However it must be kept in mind that around 10 percent depletion in the country’s gas reserves has led to the widening gas demand-supply gap.
“For this reason in order to ensure improved gas pressure, SSGC would be carrying out gas pressure profiling from 9am to 3pm and then during night times from 10pm to 3am,” the announcement said.
It is important to note that while the SSGC did not say it would cut off gas supply during specific time periods, it did mention “gas pressure profiling” during the month of Ramzan.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found that the misleading content was shared here, here, here, and here. Some posts, such as this one, include the SSGC logo as well.
Also read: Bogus gas supply schedule makes rounds on social media
The content was also posted in Facebook groups here, here, here, here, and here.
Conclusion: The SSGC did not say it would cut off gas supply during specific time periods but announced that has said it will carry out gas pressure profiling from 9 AM to 3 PM and from 10 PM to 3 AM.
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