ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik said on Thursday that Russia had confirmed supply of petroleum products at ‘discounted rate’.

Talking to a private news channel the minister said negotiations with Russia regarding oil and gas supplies had been very positive. Russian delegation’s visit was scheduled to take place in the second week of January 2023 to finalise the deal, he added.

He went on to say that in addition to Russian private sector companies, government also approached Russia’s public sector companies for LNG imports. “Now there will be government-to-government agreements to have long-term benefits”, he elaborated.

Imran’s double standards are becoming more obvious every day, Musadik said and added that ‘Toshakhana’ like stories were coming out, which negated Imran’s narrative of parsimony.

He said although the economy is in a challenging but not panicked state. The government was making all-out efforts to benefit the populace, he added.