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Oil & gas: Center vs Provinces
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) has been awarded five blocks for exploring oil and gas in the province. The move has worried the Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources which claims it cannot be done with competitive bidding. It is the very first award which the concerned ministry has not given nod for. Rather, it says it has not given clearance for as many as 41 blocks yet to be explored. Only the one called desert has been cleared. The ministry has written to the defense division, which has issued NOC for the award the blocks cannot be awarded to the company without competitive bidding. The blocks where NOC has been issued include Dera Ismail Khan East Block, Miran Block, Lakki Block, Nowshera Block and Dera Ismail Khan West Block. The Director General (DG) Petroleum...