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The National Assembly has been summoned to meet on Monday, the 1st April, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Parliament House, Islamabad
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NA Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources meets

Thursday, 5th May, 2016

Islamabad; May 5, 2016: Meeting of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources was held under the chairmanship of Ch. Bilal Ahmed Virk, MNA in Islamabad this morning.


The Committee decided to summon Director General (Petroleum Concession) along with information requisite by the Committee in its next meeting in exercise of Rule 227 (1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007.  The Committee took this decision in view of failure of DG (PC) to submit the information required by the Committee within stipulated time. The Committee expressed its displeasure on the grant of permission to sell LPG to the CNG Stations by OGRA which had defaulted on account of gas bills. The Committee decided to summon the Chairman OGRA in its next meeting to discuss the issue. 

The Members of the Committee pointed out that the gas companies were not providing gas within five kilometers to areas where it was being produced. The Minister informed that SNGPL and SSGCl do not have sufficient funds to provide gas to those areas and suggested that MNAs from respective constituencies should provide their development funds or the provincial governments should contribute in order to provide gas to those areas.

The Committee directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to review its decision of making supplies of POL to dealers during the last week of the month on the basis of their three week average upliftment. The Committee was of the view that the sale of POL in the rural of areas was directly linked with the demand during sowing and harvesting seasons, therefore, fixing quota for the rural based dealers would result in drying out of petrol stations/retail outlets causing problems for the farmers.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, MNAs; Mr. Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari, Malik Ihtebar Khan, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Mr. Rasheed Ahmad Khan, Ch. Khalid Javaid Warraich, Nawab Ali Wassan, Mr. Shehryar Afridi, Mr. Nasir Khan Khattak, Mr. Abdul Waseem, Mr. Sajid Ahmed, Ms. Shahjehan Muneer Mangrio, Secretary M/o P&NR and Senior Officers of the concerned departments.