Year: 2022

The Director General (DG) (Liquefied Natural Gas/Liquefied Petroleum Gas) of the Petroleum Division has tendered resignation from the service on account of alleged ‘non-conducive working environment.’ According to the details, DG (LNG/LPG) Nawaz Ahmad Virk submitted resignation from the service on March 7, 2022  and forwarded the copy of his resignation to the Secretary Petroleum, Secretary Establishment Division & Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister for its early acceptance. “After 21 years of work experience (nearly 20 years in government service), the undersigned has no option but to submit resignation…

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OGRA, in a letter to Petroleum Division, Ministry of Energy, also suggested that international oil pricing and supply chain monitoring of petroleum products should be done on daily-basis. The oil sector regulator also called for the formation of a high-level ministerial committee to review the situation on weekly basis. According to copy of letter available with The News, due to geographical situation (Russian-Ukraine war), the energy markets are witnessing extreme price volatility, which will hamper procurement of already short fuels from international market. With the view to avoid shortage and…

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The partnership aims to recommending use of Havoline Fully Synthetic C3 SAE 5W-30 and Havoline Fully Synthetic LE C5 SAE 0W-20 for MG ZS and MG HS vehicles in Pakistan. These products would be available at MG 3S dealerships across the country, they informed. Talking on the occasion, country chairman at Chevron Ahmed Zahid Zaheer said they were pleased to be in collaboration with MG as supplier of Caltex Havoline lubricants for MG ZS and MG HS vehicles. MG has introduced Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) since it entered into Pakistani…

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In a new development, the much touted and already delayed trans-nations $10bn TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas line project has landed into hot waters, as Asian Development Bank (ADB) has paused all due diligence and processing activities until Taliban regime is acknowledged and legitimized by the UN and big economies of the world, a top official of Energy Ministry told while quoting the proceedings of the recently held meeting in Islamabad between top Turkmen and Pakistani functionaries. he major portion of the pipeline is to pass through Afghanistan. The ADB that was…

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The deputation based postings of top officials in Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) and its subsidiary Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has provoked a reaction from the local officials. The postings of the outsider officers in the HDA began soon after Muhammad Suhail took charge of the authority’s director general, replacing Ghulam Muhammad Qaimkhani, last year. A deputy director from Karachi, where Suhail had last served as Malir Development Authority’s head, was posted in HDA and another in WASA, both on important positions. On February 24, Sindh local government department directed…

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