Attock refinery announces closure of main crude plant amid road closures

ISLAMABAD: In a major setback, Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) — the only oil refinery in the north of the country — has been forced to shut down until restoration of ongoing road closures taken under security measures ahead of the possible US-Iran talks. The refinery is the only such facility catering to the fuel requirements of almost all of central and northern Punjab, as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In a mandatory regulatory filing to Pakistan Sto...

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