Raza further informed that an Italian company with expertise in the field is interested to work on the project. PHOTO: FILE
Managing Director Maripur Petroleum Limited Lt General (Retd) Raza Ahmad on Tuesday informed Federal Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit- Baltistan Affairs Chaudary Barjees Tahir that there were chances of the presence of oil reserves in some areas of Azad Kashmir especially Mangla and Mirpur.
During his meeting with the federal minister at the latter’s office, he said India was exploring oil and gas from occupied part of the territory, and geologists from Pakistan should be allowed to work to make the picture clear at this side.
Raza further informed that an Italian company with expertise in the field is interested to work on the project.
The federal minister appreciated the efforts of the director and said that as an independent government was running in Azad Kashmir, the federal government could only make a written request to them so that the matter could be discussed in the council’s next session.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2013.
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Wow, what a banal and waste of space type of comment, seems you wrote a longer paragraph than the actual story. . This has nothing to do with India, the gentleman simply pointed out that since India was getting a move on in finding oil in Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan should check if there was any oil in AJK, too. . Your perverse, Pakistanphobic, trollish view is completely baffling and I sincerely hope you grow up and get a life... . And yes, mineral exploration should be encouraged. ET's coverage of the PPL finds in Sindh have kept me up to date and optimistic on that end.
there is no oil in ajk only in sindh and balochistan but if we want to waste resources than so be it
@Alann: dont be so negative, we shudnt sit idle just because india started something earlier. they are 30 mins ahead of us anyway and we cant skip our meals because they already had theirs. about ports to china hampering oil exploration, not sure how 2 ports will impact 700 kms coast line.
India tested nuclear bomb, we will also test nuclear bomb! India made nuclear weapons, we will also make nuclear weapons even if our idiot countrymen have to eat grass till 2100! In fact, we will make enough nuclear weapons for the whole Muslim Ummah, as we are the soul saviours of all the Muslims in the world! India signed nuclear deal with US (and Australia), we also want nuclear deal with US (and Australia)! India offered permanent seat on UN Permanent Group of Members as well as on UN Security Council, we also want permanent seats! India helping Afghan Army to train its soldiers, and providing direct aid to develop Afghanistan's infrastructure, we will also force Afghanistan to send their army officers to us for training! (Ignore the development part, we don't have any money left to develop our own country, we cant develop Afghanistan like India) India explored oil in Arabian Sea near Gujarat, we will also explore oil within our maritime borders (despite the fact even if there's oil, we wont be able to use it efficiently since we gave away our major port there to China). India worked on its space program, sent rocket to moon, sent a spy satellite that gives it access to everything happening inside Pak we will also work on our space technology and send spy satellite (hopefully before 2099). India exploring oil in J&K, we will also explore oil in AJ&K!