Senate body to consult stakeholders on oil refinery

The Senate standing committee on petroleum and natural resources on Tuesday formed a three-member subcommittee to take all stakeholders on board about the selection of the site for construction of oil refinery and related issues.

The committee met here at the Commissioner’s House with its chairman, Senator Mohammad Yousuf, in the chair.

The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited officials, deputy managing director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, managing director of Pakistan State Oil, representative of Hungarian MOL Company, local MNA Sheharyar Afridi, adviser to chief minister Amjid Khan Afridi, MPA Ziaullah Bangash, deputy speaker in the provincial assembly Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, Kohat division commissioner Syed Jalaluddin and MPA Shah Faisal from Hangu, other officials concerned were in attendance.

The subcommittee comprising Senators Nabi Bangash, Talah Mahmood and Usman Saifullah has been tasked with visiting all sites of oil and gas exploration companies for discussion on the companies’ shares in the stock market, welfare programmes in the region other than royalty, LPG quota and implementation of job quota for local people in the companies in line with the Supreme Court decision.

The chair said 13 tons of LPG plant had been installed but gas was being given to outsiders.

He ordered allocation of all gas quota to the local businessmen saying such a small quantity could not be exported outside the district.

The chair expelled the SNGPL deputy managing director from the hall because managing director failed to attend the meeting despite intimation.

He said very important decisions had been taken in the meeting for which presence of signing authority was indispensable.

The committee advised the companies especially the PSO not to create confusion about the site of the construction of oil refinery and start work on it without further delay after selecting the district and site.

Source Dawn

MOL organizes free camp at Hoti Banda

Source Pakistan Observer

MOL Pakistan, a Hungarian company in collaboration with Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital organized a free-eye-camp at Hoti Banda, Tehsil Lachi in district Kohat to commemorate World White Cane Safety Day. The camp was part of the series of such events held by the MOL Pakistan for the welfare of the local community. MOL Pakistan has already organized three free eye camps covering three districts of Kohat Division in its TAL Block at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which benefited 2,146 patients including women and children through provision of free eye operations, services, spectacles and medicine.

In the recent free-eye camp a total of 264 patients were examined including 135 male and 129 female and 70 patients were recommended for operation. Some 256 persons were provided spectacles and 80 were referred to the hospital for advance examination. As many as 20 patients ready for operation on the spot were taken to the Al-Shifa Eye Hospital in Kohat. The aim of the camps was to provide tertiary level specialized medical care at the doorstep of the poor community of the area, besides, creating a sense of awareness in the local community for adopting healthy life styles especially, regarding eye care and to draw attention of the general public towards the problems faced by the blind.

MOL Pakistan fulfills its commitment towards the local communities through establishing schools, awarding of scholarships to students and provision of donations to flood affected people.

New Khushalgarh bridge to bring prosperity: Alamgir

Source The News

Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said Thursday that the construction of new bridge at Khushalgarh will bring a new era progress and prosperity in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He expressed these views while addressing a public gathering on the occasion of ground breaking ceremony of the bridge performed by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. The minister in his address said that this 373 meters long bridge will be a two-lane bridge which can be converted into four lanes in future to accommodate the traffic pressure. He said this Rs24 billion project will be completed in 24 months, and MOL Pakistan and OGDCL will provide assistance to the National Highway Authority (NHA) in this project.

Arbab Alamgir said after the discovery of oil and gas reserves in Kohat, this bridge will be of importance in transporting crude oil to Attock Oil Refinery. The minister said the present democratic government, which is moving forward with the vision of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, has launched development projects throughout the country without any discrimination.

He said that the completion of new two-lane Khushalgarh bridge will bring revolutionary changes in the area and not only the people of the area will benefit from it but it will also boost trade, tourism, industry and agriculture of the country.

Ministry decides payment of 5pc bonus for oil, gas producing areas

Source Pakistan Observer

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has decided to grant production bonus to those districts where oil and gas reserves have been discovered, said White Paper 2011-12 of the Finance Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for financial.

The funds will be spent through Petroleum’s Social Development Committees (PSDC) comprising MNAs Chairmen, MPAs Tehsil Taluka Nazims, district Nazim members, DCO (Secretary) of the district and two representative of the Exploration and Production (E&P) Company Member/ Vice Chairman.

Secretary of the PSDC (DSO) will open and administer a joint bank account with the title Petroleum’s Social Development Fund (PSDF), to be operated by District Coordination Officer and the Executive District Officer (EDO) Finance and Planning for the purpose of funding projects identified by the PSDC through the production bonus payable by the E&P Company.

All those E&P companies who are obligated to pay production bonus to the government for infrastructure development of the area will deposit the production bonus directly in the bank account of the Secretary (DCO) of the PSDF in consultation with the Director General, Petroleum Concessions (DGPC). The proceeds of first production bonus against Tal black of MOL was US $ 5,00,000 (Rs. 29.486 million), which had already been deposited in the account of DCO Karak and DCO Hangu during the year of 2008-09.

Second production bonus against the Tal Block of MOL was US $ one million (RS. 85.809 m), which had been deposited in the account of DCO Karak and Hangu amounting to Rs. 66.963 million and Rs.18.846 million respectively during the financial year 2010-11. Third bonus of US $ 1.5 million may become payable against the said block during next financial year of 2011- 12, the will be directly paid by the respective Exploration and Production (E& P ) company to the concerned Districts Governments under the existing guidelines of productions bonus.

The Provincial Government has also decided to transfer 5 per-cent shares of receipts on account of Oil and Gas receivable from Federal Government to the respective districts where well head of Oil and Gas are located. In this connection report of the committee headed by the Chief Secretary, KPK regarding utilization of 5 per sent share has been approved by the Provincial Cabinet. The said 5 per sent share will be over and above the size of District and Provincial ADP and will be utilized on Electricity, Supply of Gas, Education, Technical Education, Water Supply Schemes, Roads and Health facilities.

Utilization of 5 per cent share in the socio-economic condition of the area. For the financial year of 2010-11 a sum of Rs.225.185 has already been allocated and released to concern Districts i.e. Kohat and Karak as 5 per sent share of royalty on oil, gas Excise Duty on Natural Gas and Gas Development Surcharge. Moreover the last installment of Rs.42.071 million is also paid to Sui Northern Gas Pipeline from the provision of 5 per cent share from the current financial year for providing, gas facilities to the natives of the district Karak and Kohat which has approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources of the Federal Govt.

Beside Hydel resources, the Province of KPK has been blessed with large reserves of Oil and Gas. After 18th amendment Provincial Govt. has equal share with the Federal Govt. in all the forth coming production regarding Oil and Gas. Keeping in view the Eighteenth amendment Provincial Cabinet has given the approval of establishment of Oil and Gas Exploration Company. The company will be registered soon with the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan and other relevant institutions.

After registration this company will be such as OGDCL, MOL and PPL in different blocks. In compliance with the decision of Peshawar High Court under Article 158 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, all the commercial undertakings like CNG etc in the Province are exempted from loadshedding.

Oil company employees freed after six months

Source Dawn

The engineer and driver of the Hungarian oil and gas exploration company, MOL, who were kidnapped from here six months ago, have been released, sources told Dawn on Wednesday.

The MOL Company officials while confirming the release of engineer, Abdur Rasheed, and driver, Moin Khan, did not disclose the tribal area from where they were released, and only said they were not allowed by their head office to comment on the case, the sources said.
A convoy of the MOL Company was going to inspect the Marozai gas project in Lachi on January 20, 2011 when unknown gunmen opened fire at it from the mountains of Ghurzandi. Six people, including four FC men who were escorting the convoy, were killed in the ambush. The kidnappers abducted the engineer and the driver of the MOL Company.
The law-enforcement agencies carried out a search operation but did not find any trace of the abductees. The Lachi police registered the case against unknown terrorists on the complaint of one of the FC men.
The MOL Company said the victims were released from tribal agency whose name could not be disclosed due to security reasons. The victims had reached their homes and were in good health, officials said.
KIDNAPPED: Police are yet to get released a brother-in-law of the SHO of Riaz Shaheed police station, who was kidnapped along with the brother of the police officer by the Mishti tribe of the Orakzai Agency a few days ago. The tribesmen later shot dead Ajmeel-ul-Hussain, bother of the SHO Aqeeq Hussain, whose body was recovered in the fields of Maraiwam area.
The sources said the family of the SHO had an old land dispute with the Mishti tribe.
The nephew of Amil Hussain, the kidnapped brother-in-law of the SHO, told the Ustarzai police that the Mishti tribe was involved in the case which had a land dispute with their family. The police have contacted the tribal administration to arrest the accused.
Meanwhile, the physical training instructor of Iqraa Public School and College was shot dead near his house in Hafizabad on Wednesday.
INVESTIGATION: Deputy inspector general of police, Kohat region, has said the inefficiency in investigation of cases is leading to many criminals getting off the hook.
Addressing a high-level meeting to review law and order situation in the three districts of the Kohat division on Wednesday DIG Mohammad Masood Afridi sought stronger cooperation and trust among the police, intelligence agencies and the public for curbing the crime, according to a press release.
Meanwhile, a man was hot dead in Jarma area by unknown armed people the other day.
The deceased, Saifur Rehman was coming out of a mosque when armed men fired at him with automatic weapons.

Energy and security go together —Naseem Ali Khan

Source Daily Times

The government is yet to realise that over the past one decade, the energy hub of the country has gradually shifted from the south to the north and the given regions alone are contributing around 10 percent and 35 percent, respectively, of aggregate indigenous production of gas and crude oil


In a country where, at present, nothing seems to be succeeding except the Taliban and narcotics smugglers, economic activity is poised on a very fragile structure, thus remaining vulnerable to even the smallest detrimental development. Therefore, what happened to a convoy of a foreign oil company in KPK near Kohat on January 20, 2011, though it got little coverage in the press, may cast a long shadow on the economy of the province and the country for a long time. On the given date, in broad daylight, a small convoy of the oil field workers was, reportedly, ambushed by a mob of 30 to 40 terrorists at the border of Kohat and Hangu districts during which six personnel, including four Frontier Constabulary (FC) guards, were brutally killed, and two workers of the Hungarian company MOL abducted. Not only that, in order to make it more gruesome, the corpses of two of the FC guards were burnt at the site by the terrorists.

As a result of the above incident, the said oil company has closed all of its operations in the area, resulting in curtailment of 40 MMSCFD (million standard cubic feet per day), around one percent of aggregate national production, of the much-needed natural gas. This, in turn, means greater load shedding of gas, more consumption of petrol, increased transportation tariffs and thus more import of petroleum products, which would consequently cause a further impact upon the already flagging economy. This is saddening, especially when the given field can contribute at least four billion rupees a year in terms of royalty and taxes alone, i.e. in addition to contributing directly vide its production of gas and oil and while the aggregate requirement of CNG for the whole north of the country is just around 30 MMSCFD. This scribe visited the area and found almost no signs of the writ of the state in wide stretches of land. Even where its presence was observed, it was quite rudimentary and weak.

All of this is happening in an area, which has gradually emerged as the backbone of the economy with respect to provision of energy security to the country. The government is yet to realise that over the past one decade, the energy hub of the country has gradually shifted from the south to the north and the given regions alone are contributing around 10 percent and 35 percent, respectively, of aggregate indigenous production of gas and crude oil. The given production, while on the one hand is proving greatly helpful in fulfilling the energy requirements of the country, on the other it is contributing at least 40 billion rupees annually to the national kitty in terms of royalty and taxes alone. This is in addition to the annual savings of around six billion rupees in terms of compression cost, which the pumping of corresponding volumes of gas from south to north would have entailed.

Another major sign of the state’s dwindling authority in the area is the fact that after the discovery of gas one can observe a whole network of gas supplies to local villages spread over hundreds of kilometers. Natural gas already stands supplied to around 45 villages and adjoining towns and the network is continuously spreading further as can be seen by any visitor to the area. However, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) — the pertaining utility company — has not been able to collect a single penny against domestic sales since their commencement. The lost revenue amounts to around 0.15 billion rupees per month, which would only grow with the passage of time if the state does not awaken soon to implement its writ.

It would not be out of place here to mention that a few months back an agreement was signed among the relevant stakeholders for the construction of a modern bridge at Khushalgarh to facilitate transportation of crude oil from the recent oil discoveries in KPK. Though the construction of the bridge was scheduled to commence months ago but, reportedly, some honcho in the planning commission has been sitting upon the required approval for unknown reasons for many months. This is despite the fact that the project of the new bridge has been in the government’s plans at least since 1985 but only reached this stage when two oil companies operating in the adjoining area offered to share its cost by at least 50 percent. And then we talk about facilitating investors.

All this is happening in a country and a province where, let alone any foreign investors, even its own entrepreneurs are reluctant to invest. In such circumstances any investor who is already there needs to be given all possible facilitation and protection, whereas the above-mentioned events seem to be leading in the reverse direction which may compel even such investors to reconsider their current status. Though quite pessimistic, but this is a realistic view of the situation.

With this state of affairs, how can one expect that the country can be driven onto the path of prosperity, success and development? I have heard that the given region alone has the potential to make Pakistan achieve the target of self-sufficiency in energy within a short period of three to four years; however, the same is subject to the provision of a safe working environment for oil and gas exploration and production companies. If this cannot be done, then we do not seem to be far away from observing the crumbling and withering away of even the last rudiments of our state structure in large parts of the country and their getting lost to lumpen elements for years to come. The process, sadly, already appears to be at quite a mature stage in many areas of the country, including Balochistan (which is almost half of Pakistan in terms of geography). But, with our nuclear arsenal and geo-strategic location, if we do not attend to the issues ourselves, would the international powers allow that to happen or choose to intervene, thus further compromising our sovereignty, is an issue that needs to be pondered upon.

Lack of security hampering oil, gas exploration in Tal Block Kohat

Source Dawn

The Hungarian Exploration Company MOL and Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL), which are operating 19 wells in the Kohat division as part of the Tal Block, still feel unsafe and are at the mercy of extortionists even after being involved in the region for more than a decade.

The Tal Block contracted to these companies by the government in 1999 and 2001comprises Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Orakzai Agency of Kohat division, Bannu and parts of Waziristan Agency.
The region is teaming with unbridled criminals who have for centuries made large swathes as no go areas where their main source of income is kidnappings for ransom and drug trafficking.
Only recently, rouge elements attacked OGDCL facilities and vehicles and occupied the company`s new Sheikhan site, forcing the OGDCL to suspend its production on different points in Kohat district.
Influential people and landowners often forcibly stop the oil and gas exploration work demanding jobs and extra cost of their land used by the company.
Mushfiq Paracha, the regional chief who administers whole Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of Punjab, told this correspondent on telephone that some of the matters concerning recent incidents had been resolved. But the safety of the installations and the staff required much more security.
The MOL company officials have requested the commissioner Kohat division, Khalid Khan Umerzai, at several meetings held in recent months to provide the staff and installations with security especially after kidnapping of their staff and firing incidents. They also demanded elimination of the criminal gangs who pose constant threat to their installations.
A one such meeting was held on Thursday. But the MOL officials in Kohat and Islamabad, when contacted, refused to comment only saying that they were not allowed to speak about such matters.
A couple of months back unknown criminals attacked a vehicle of the MOL company and kidnapped its official Fayyaz Khattak. The incident occurred in Sarki Mela area between Kohat and Hangu districts. The MOL operates 10 wells of oil and gas in the region and is also assessing new reserves at sites in Hangu district.
Officials of both the companies and police said that extra troops of Frontier Constabulary and police check posts had started functioning after a long period of negotiations in view of the extreme vulnerability of the national and foreign companies to the criminals. The interior ministry had sanctioned extra platoon of FC, establishment of two posts and round the clock patrolling of the region. But the situation is still far from safe.

New Rs.1.4 billion Kohat Pindi bridge planned

Source The Express Tribune


The National Highway Authority (NHA) will spend Rs1.4 billion to construct Khushalgarh Bridge across the Indus River on the Rawalpindi-Kohat Highway (N-80). A source in the NHA told APP on Sunday that the project design has been completed and a project proposal of Rs1.72 billion has been recommended by the NHA Executive Board and forwarded for approval.
Under the plan, NHA will build a four-lane bridge over the Indus River. Approach roads at Kohat and Fatehjang are also part of the project. NHA will also be responsible for operation and maintenance of the new two-lane, two-way bridge. The NHA has already signed an agreement for provision of an interest-free loan of Rs700 million with MOL Pakistan and Oil and Gas Development Company.
The new bridge will be useful for transporting fuel from oil and gas fields around Kohat.

Taliban deny MOL, FC men killing in Kohat

Source Daily News


A militant commander on Saturday denied his group’s involvement in the killing and abduction of the employees of foreign oil and gas company and four personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) from Darmalak area in Kohat district.

Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, militant commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hangu chapter, Muhammad Nabi Hanafi said that neither he nor his group was involved in the abduction of the two employees of MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company and four FC men from Darmalak area in Lachi tehsil.

“I am not living in Ghorzandi area and have no links with militants arrested in the search operation by the security forces,” the commander said.

He condemned kidnapping of the soldiers and employees of the company and stressed that his group was not involved in such activities.

The MOL employees were on way to Kohat city from their workplace when militants ambushed them in Darmalak village on January 20. Four FC men and two MOL workers were killed in the attack while two others were kidnapped.

New gas found in Kohat

Source Daily Times

A new gas discovery was made after 4,800-metre deep drilling in Kohat, official sources said on Monday.


“The new gas discovery was made last week,” sources wishing not to be named, told Daily Times, adding that the discovery is likely to ease the country’s energy needs.

According to the sources, the discovery was made 18 kilometres inside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from its border with Punjab. “The well is situated in the Gumbhat area near the Khushalgarh Bridge,” the sources added.

The Hungary-based exploration company MOL has discovered the gas and hopes the discovery will provide the country with another huge energy reservoir to meet the growing energy needs.

Huge gas and oil discoveries were made in Kohat, Hangu and Karak districts and experts believe future exploration would also yield “good results” as a study shows such discoveries could be made in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Zhob district in the Balochistan province.

An American exploration company, the sources revealed, had made such an attempt in 1993 at the same place but failed to make the discovery. “The target for discovering gas was 3,400-metre deep drilling,” they said.

“However, the engineers continued the drilling when no discovery was likely at the 3,400-metre deep drilling. It was the most difficult exploration as the area lies close to a fault line.”


The country is getting gas and crude oil from the Tall Block and hopes are that the region is full of natural resources to meet the increased demand for energy.

“How big the reservoir at this well is will be measured soon. We hope it will serve the country’s needs for decades before we make more gas and oil discoveries,” MOL officials said.

MOL Pakistan suspends operations on Maramzai oil and gas well

Source Daily Times

MOL Pakistan has immediately suspended production operations on the Maramzai oil and gas well after its convoy was ambushed near Kohat last evening.


In a statement issued here, the management of MOL with profound grief announced the death of six persons including four FC guards, one contractor driver and one local labour as its convoy was ambushed by unknown miscreants on the way back to Central Processing Facility (CPF) from Maramzai site on Thursday evening.

The miscreants also abducted two people one driver and one specialist from contractor as one guard sustained injuries when firing ensued.

MOL Pakistan has immediately suspended production operations on the Maramzai due to security concerns resulting in suspension of 40 MMSCFD gas and 1600 barrel oil per day production and has withdrawn all personnel from the well site forthwith in order to avoid any further human loss.

Janos Feher, Managing Director of the company in his condolence message to all company employees and bereaved families expressed profound grief over this unfortunate development. “We all wish we could undo what happened and bring those back who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty,” he said. The Managing Director stated a strong demand has been put forward to the federal and provincial government to provide safe and secure working conditions and requested the government to take all necessary measures for the timely release of abductees.

On October 15, 2009, MOL announced that it had made a new (forth) discovery of gas and condensate on Maramzai-1 well in the Tal Block, located in the Northern Western Frontier Province of Pakistan. The production of Maramzai-1 well is 1.1 million cum/day (38.3 MMscfd; 6.4 th boe/day) gas and 228 cum/day (1,434 bbl/day) condensate at 220 bar (3,197 psig) flowing wellhead pressure through 48/64” choke. The production rates can improve further after acid stimulation of two limestone reservoirs in the well. After that the consortium will be conducting further extended tests to evaluate the size and economic potential of the reserves. Further information will be provided in due course.



Hydrocarbon exploration has been carried out in this block since 1999 by a consortium of companies including Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd (OGDCL), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Pakistan Oilfields Ltd (POL) and Government Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd (GHPL) with MOL as an Operator of this Joint Venture. MOL has a 10% interest in the consortium.



Exploration activity resulted in the first discovery (Manzalai-1 well) in December 2002. After seismic acquisitions performed in 2003 the consortium decided to drill a new exploratory well (Makori-1 well) in 2004. The drilling was successful; MOL announced the discovery in January 2005. MOL made its third discovery of gas and condensate in the Tal Block (Mami Khel-1 well) in March 2008.



Zoltán Áldott, Exploration and Production Executive Vice President of MOL had termed this as “This discovery has further strengthened our confidence in the potential of the Tal block, which already is seen as a major source of energy for Pakistan in the future. Due to the already existing infrastructure this well will be put on production on a fast track by summer 2010.”

7, including five FC men, killed in Kohat attack

Source Daily Times


Five Frontier Constabulary personnel, a foreign oil and gas exploration company’s driver and guard were killed on Thursday after suspected terrorists kidnapped two engineers of the foreign company in Kohat district, police sources said. The loss of five FC personnel followed an attack on the vehicle carrying the MOL Company’s engineers in Lachi tehsil, police sources in Kohat told Daily Times. “The attackers took away two MOL Company’s engineers after the attack on the vehicle that was coming back from exploration in the Karak district,” they added. Two FC soldiers were reported injured in the crossfire. abdul saboor khan

Oil company official, 10 tribesmen kidnapped

Source Dawn

Unidentified persons kidnapped a senior official of a foreign oil exploring company in Hangu district on Tuesday while militants abducted at least 10 tribesmen in Orakzai Agency. Officials said that Fayaz Khattak, a senior official of Hungarian company MOL, was travelling near an exploration point when unidentified armed men kidnapped him along with his driver, Said Kalam, and vehicle.




Police found the vehicle abandoned in Chamba Gul area. Hangu police told Dawn by telephone that a police team was inspecting the scene form where the vehicle was recovered.



DIG Mohammad Masood Afridi told this correspondent that a team headed by Hangu district police officer had been constituted to investigate the incident.



To a question, he said that Taliban were not involved in the case and a group of local proclaimed offenders seemed to have kidnapped the official and his driver for ransom. He hoped that the kidnapped persons would be recovered soon. “The vehicle has automatic lock system but police are trying to open it and bring it back. The FIR of kidnapping case will be registered upon the arrival of MOL officials and the police team,” he added.



The MOL had huge stakes in the region where it was engaged in successful explorations of oil and gas for more than a decade in Tall Block. It operates four oil and gas wells — Manzali-1, Manzali-2 and Manzali-3 and Makori-1– in Tall block of Karak district where it started its operations in 1999.



In the second incident, militants kidnapped at least 10 tribesmen in central tehsil area of Orakzai Agency and shifted them to an undisclosed location on Monday.



Sources said that militants attacked a vehicle of local tribesmen, who had recently returned to the area from an IDP camp, and whisked away at least 10 people. Officials said that the kidnapping incident had been reported to the higher authorities.



Mohammad Nazir, Noor Khan and other elders of Meshti tribe told journalists that the tribesmen would be forced to go back to IDP camps if government failed to provide them security. They said that Meshti tribesmen would be compelled to once again leave their homes as militants were continuously attacking them.



The leader of Orakzai Qaumi Lashkar, Salamat Orakzai, said that security forces were playing the role of silent spectator in the face of continuous attacks on tribesmen, who returned from IDP camps. Militants had incurred huge losses on the lashkar, which was formed at the behest of security forces, but government failed to give them any support, he added.

MOL holds free eye camp in Kohat

Source Pakistan Observer

In line with its policy of providing health care facilities to underprivileged communities especially in its operation areas of MOL Pakistan, the Community Development Department organized a one-day free eye testing and medical camp at Gurguri in collaboration with Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat.




The camp received massive response from the local community and was highly appreciated by the district administration and local elders. Community elders recalled the massive great support MOL Pakistan had been extending and held that it had always contributed to society through various developmental activities for the welfare of communities in Pakistan in general and in its TAL Block in particular.



Before commencement of day-long activity, a planning meeting was held with District Administration, Management of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital and local elders in keeping them abreast of the development and chalk out strategy to extract maximum benefits for the patients. Besides sponsoring the activity, MOL Pakistan also provided logistic support to the patients. Local community had already been informed of free Eye Camp through print media, banners, and loud speakers for the last few days.



Medical team comprising 2 specialist doctors and 4 paramedical staff from AL- Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat provided free check up to the patients. Moreover, the field doctor from Manzalai Gas Plant Clinic of MOL Pakistan also facilitated and monitored the activity