Petroleum Ministry denies witch hint
By Asad Cheema

ISLAMABAD—The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources on Thursday contradicted a news report published in a section of press about seeking passport numbers of Managing Directors and members of Board of Directors of the companies working under it with a view to putting certain people of ECL.
“This impression is not well founded and has been misreported,” a statement issued by the Ministry said.
As a matter of fact, detailed particulars of the MDs and members of the BODs were sought in pursuance of the Senate Standing Committee’s meeting held at PSO House, Karachi on March 28, 2008, it added.
During this meeting, some of the Senators had enquired about the detailed particulars of the newly-appointed Directors on various Boards during the interim government.
It was desired that all necessary details in respect of their educational qualifications, experiences, businesses and particulars may be placed before the Senate Standing Committee to ascertain their eligibility and background for selecting them to sit on Company Boards.
It was in this background that necessary information was sought from the companies and not for putting anyone on ECL which has wrongly been reported by a section of the press.