据知情人士透露，巴基斯坦正在考虑允许发电厂和其他私营企业直接进口液化天然气（LNG），以加强能源供应，同时避免给国家财政带来额外压力。
By Tooba Khan and Stephen Stapczynski Pakistan is considering allowing power plants and other private companies to directly import liquefied natural gas, according to a person familiar with the move, as the government looks to shore up energy supplies without putting additional strain on state finances.
自3月以来，由于中东冲突导致卡塔尔（该国主要天然气供应国）的供应中断，该国两个液化天然气进口终端几乎处于闲置状态。
The nation’s two LNG import terminals have been mostly idle since March, when the conflict in the Middle East all but halted flows from Qatar, the country’s top supplier.
现行法规限制了除国有巴基斯坦液化天然气有限公司（Pakistan LNG Ltd.）以外的买家从现货市场采购天然气的能力。
能源部石油部门已提交提案，建议大幅扩大终端的拍卖范围，并允许私营企业直接进口液化天然气。
Existing regulations don’t easily allow buyers apart from state-owned Pakistan LNG Ltd. to procure cargoes from the spot market. The Energy Ministry’s petroleum division has submitted a proposal to greatly increase the scope to auction unused capacity at the terminals and allow private companies to import LNG directly, according to the person, who asked not to be named as the information isn’t public.
运营其中一个终端的巴基斯坦天然气港有限公司（Pakistan GasPort Ltd.）长期以来一直呼吁允许非国有企业进口液化天然气。
A director general for the petroleum division didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Pakistan GasPort Ltd., which operates one of the terminals, has long called for non state-owned firms like itself to be allowed to import LNG.
由于霍尔木兹海峡对天然气运输船的封锁，巴基斯坦一直面临停电和燃料短缺的问题；虽然该国从现货市场购买了一些液化天然气以弥补损失，但价格已飙升至战前的两倍多，给政府财政带来了沉重负担。
The South Asian country has been struggling with rolling blackouts and a fuel shortfall as the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz for gas vessels drastically cut back its LNG deliveries. While Pakistan has been purchasing some shipments from the spot market to replace lost Qatari flows, prices are more than double pre-war levels, weighing on government finances.