Appointments of OGDC, PARCO heads probed by panel
The subcommittee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources chaired by Member of the National Assembly Jamshed Dasti noted that the appointment of the managing directors of OGDCL and Parco was made in violation of laid procedures. It also issued directives to summon heads of the relevant companies and special secretary to Prime Minister over their absence from the meeting.
Dasti said that the government had appointed head of OGDCL Masood Siddiqui in violation of rules and regulations as he did not meet required experience and qualifications. He said that government had also appointed Siddiqui without advertising his post. He also added that appointment of Parco MD was also in violation of defined procedures.
“If the heads of these companies do not attend the next meeting of the sub-body, warrants will be issued for their arrests through provincial governments in line with business of rules,” Dasti said, adding that Parco head had written a letter to the chairman of the petroleum subcommittee that the Parliamentary panel could not force him to attend the meeting.
The committee members also noted that oil worth Rs1.25 billion was stolen from the pipelines of Parco and depot of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) located in Mahmoodkot but no action was taken by Parco’s and PSO’s management. “The practice of oil stealing is going on for several years but no action has been taken,” the members of the body said.
The subcommittee also took notice of PSO officials facing inquiries in corruption cases who were promoted illegally. PSO’s chief accepted that he held dual-nationality, which he also mentioned in the documents submitted during process of his appointment, the panel said.
The subcommittee also expressed concerns over delay in ongoing gas development schemes and directed gas companies to expedite work on them.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2012.
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they should called back previous MDs like Arif Kamal rather than appointing these political crooks to spoil the one of the few left government owned profitable organization....................
It is to state that my husband Muhammad Kamil Khan departed on 29 April 2011 was served at OGDCL for 30 years devotedly. He was deceased during his service because of cancer got may be due to his extensive field work during his service.
As my husband is bread earner of our family. I have only one daughter and son and my son is done MBA (finance). After the death of my husband we are facing great distress financially and psychologically.
I have send an application to OGDCL they reject the application and current Managing director OGDCL Mr. Masood Siddiqui replied that the policy is only for staff not for officers and also told me that you should roam around and go door to door and ask for job from everyone then you get a job rather than begging for a job from me.They also donot show me the policy in black and white when I ask them replied that this is confidential. Although my husband was the one of the member of organization who worked hard and gave his 30 years of services to make this company successful and now after his death the company refused to help our family. Why this discrimination does the officers don’t eat or the officer’s don’t have the families. My husband is surely regret and repent for giving his 30 years of services to the company who refuse to help his family in this distress if he would be able to see this.
OGDCL the one of the few successful government owned organization of Pakistan with such a biased, absurd and senseless policies which make their own employee suffer.
They are illegally hiring employees (ref: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/18-Apr-2012/na-committee-takes-note-of-ogdcl-illegal-hiring) and also They have recruited a total 262 new employees, 92 officers and 170 staff members, in different grades from January 2011 to June 30, 2012. This was revealed in OGDCL's presentation to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources (ref: http://www.brecorder.com/fuel-a-energy/193/1225816/). But they refuse to hire the deserving and needy one providing lame excuse of their senseless policies.
In this regard it is requested to please help us.
I will always grateful to you.
Hats off Mr. Dasti