Hyderabad households face severe gas supply reductions as Sui Southern Gas Company cuts daily domestic availability to eight hours ahead of winter, while actual delivery frequently falls to seven and a half hours.
Winter Gas Pressures
- Sui Southern Gas Company reduced daily domestic supply from nine hours to eight hours across Sindh and Balochistan.
- Consumers report actual daily availability of approximately seven and a half hours due to low pressure and premature evening shutdowns.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited simultaneously restricted supplies in Islamabad, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to three daily cooking slots.
Revised Supply Schedules
Winter has yet to arrive in Hyderabad, but local kitchens are already experiencing severe disruptions, The Express Tribune reported. Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) trimmed its daily domestic supply by an hour, reducing allotments from nine hours down to eight hours.
The utility structured the winter schedule into three distinct windows: breakfast from 6:30am to 9am, lunch from noon to 2:30pm, and dinner from 6pm to 9pm, according to an announcement covered by Dawn.
This winter as per the directives of Government of Pakistan, SSGC is committed to prioritizing domestic customers and ensuring gas availability during designated cooking hours. pic.twitter.com/edBxTWOdav
Yet residents across Hyderabad state that the official schedule exists largely on paper. Households report that gas does not flow immediately when supply windows open. Instead, air escapes from pipelines for 10 to 15 minutes before actual gas becomes available, The Express Tribune reported. Evening supplies in several neighborhoods are cut off as early as 8pm rather than the scheduled 9pm cutoff.
| Utility Provider | Region Covered | New Daily Allocation | Cooking Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) | Sindh and Balochistan | 8 Hours | 6:30am-9am, 12pm-2:30pm, 6pm-9pm |
| Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) | Islamabad, Punjab, KP | Restricted Slots | 6:30am-9am, 12pm-2:30pm, 6pm-9pm |
Broader Regional Restrictions
The supply contractions extend beyond Sindh and Balochistan. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) introduced similar gas load management for domestic consumers in Islamabad, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, restricting supplies to three daily cooking slots as declining liquefied natural gas availability and rising winter demand intensify pressure on the national grid, Energy Update reported.
SNGPL reduced gas supplies to the compressed natural gas sector from 50 million cubic feet per day to 35 million cubic feet per day, with total suspensions planned.
At the same time, heavy industrial users are absorbing significant allocation cuts. The cement industry has shifted entirely to coal for energy requirements, while industrial consumers connected to the gas distribution network experience reduced flows, Energy Update reported. Meanwhile, industries directly connected to the transmission network receive approximately 200 mmcfd, the power sector receives around 140 mmcfd, and the fertiliser industry is supplied approximately 53 mmcfd.
Public Frustration and Economic Strain
Back in Hyderabad, low-pressure complaints persist across densely populated older neighborhoods, leaving residents fearful that conditions will worsen as temperatures drop. Pakistan Sunni Tehreek Senior Central Vice President Muhammad Khalid Qadri condemned the government’s failure to provide relief, criticizing increases in electricity tariffs and steep hikes in liquefied petroleum gas prices, The Express Tribune reported. In a formal statement, he warned that the public is being pushed toward starvation.
In Karachi, residents across multiple areas endured lengthy gas outages for the second consecutive day on March 5, 2026, The Express Tribune reported. SSGC’s rollout of the winter schedule followed days of confusion marked by contradictory schedules circulating on social media before the utility issued a consolidated statement.
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The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Wednesday finally announced its gas supply schedule for Sindh and Balochistan, confirming that domestic consumers will get gas for only eight hours a day, and that too only during meal times. https://t.co/Qe4vHxjIcs
