A Senate committee to visit eight companies to analyze employment situation.
A committee of the Senate would visit eight oil and gas exploration companies in the country to analyze employment of locals in the companies.The decision has been taken in the standing committee of the Senate which met in Islamabad. The objective of the move is to implement the government’s hiring policy for the local residents around the oil and gas fields by respective companies. It was decided that members of sub-committee will visit eight oil and gas exploration blocks in the first round and analyze the employment situation there.
The committee also expressed displeasure over the non-installation of reverse osmosis (RO) plants for water purification by the companies involved in the exploration of oil and gas in Sanghar, Sindh and sought details from Deputy Commissioner Sanghar about it.
Details of tenders being floated for installation of RO plants and funds spent so far were also sought.
The committee directed oil and gas exploration companies to install 10 RO plants in each district surrounding the fields. Deputy Managing Director, Pakistan Petroleum Limited said the company has spent Rs1 billion annually on CSR activities in exploration sites.
Senator Jahanzeb Jamaldini complained that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) did not improve the living standards of coastal areas as the people living there were facing acute shortage of drinking water. He alleged that drinking water was being stolen from Gwadar and being sold to people at exorbitant rates.
He advocated that oil and gas exploration companies should give employment to natives on a priority basis.
