Ishaq Dar expresses unwavering commitment of the govt to support the petroleum industry

ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (SABAH): Deputy Prime Minister chaired the second meeting of the Committee constituted by the Prime Minister on Petroleum industry issues. Ministers for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Petroleum and Power along with other senior government officials and representatives of petroleum industry participated in the meeting.

The Committee reviewed the progress on the actionable points of first meeting. Deputy Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction with the progress made so far and advised to actively pursue all the initiatives.

The Committee agreed to proceed on all the major areas including

(i) Early development of integrated energy plan

(ii) Evaluation of gas usage from dedicated fields to optimize utilization

(iii) Restructuring of Sui companies

(iv) One window facilitation cell for petroleum exploration operations

(v) Process automation and digitalization of workflow at DGPC

(vii) Early finalization of the framework for implementation of CCI’s decisions regarding petroleum sector

(viii) Rationalization of port charges keeping in view the international standards

Deputy Prime Minister expressed unwavering commitment of the government to support the petroleum industry and achieving energy self-sufficiency in Pakistan.