National January 1, 2021 ISLAMABAD: In a much-awaited development, at last two 100 percent state-owned LNG entities, Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and Pakistan LNG Terminal Limited (PLTL), formally got merged. The merger will be effective from today (January 1, 2021) as PLTL and its board stand abolished. âYes, both the companies have been merged with surviving entity of Pakistan LNG Limited that will be effective from January 1, 2021 and the staff of PLTL has been included in the PLL but later on, the said staff will be rationalized,â said Sajid Mehmood Qazi, spokesman of the Petroleum Division. He said that the PLTL company and its board now stand abolished. He also said that SECPâs legal notification was also on the cards about the merger of two state-owned companies. "In future, PLTL will be read as PLL and this will be communicated to all relevant parties."