Islamabad, June 22, 2023 (PPI-OT): The meeting of the National Assembly Special Committee on Balochistan was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker National Assembly Zahid Akram Durrani. The committee unanimously directed to ensure the Implementation of a 6% employment quota for the local people of Balochistan. Furthermore, the Committee directed OGDCL, SNGL, PPL and other companies to submit a report on the 6% quota within a week. While chairing the meeting, Deputy Speaker National Assembly Zahid Akram Durrani said that the first right of natural resources belongs to the local population. He also said that gas supply should also be ensured to locals in North Waziristan and Lakki Marwat.

While deliberating upon the provision of Gas to five Kilometres radius, The Committee directed the Secretary of Petroleum and Gas to complete the survey in a radius of five kilometers in all the fields and submit a report in this regard within seven days. The committee also directed to conduct a survey for gas supply within five kilometers of all gas fields including Jhal Magsi, Sui, North Waziristan and Lakki Marwat. The committee also unanimously issued a directive to resolve the issue of unused land in Dera Bugti gas fields at the earliest. Meanwhile, the committee directed to pay compensation for the land of gas fields of Dera Bugti within ten days and to re-survey the Dera Bugti gas feeds and submit a report within a month.

Federal Ministers Khursheed Shah, Shah Zain Bugti, Muhammad Israr Tareen and Chairman PAC Noor Alam Khan, Members of National Assembly Ramesh Lal, Sardar Riaz Mehmood Mazari, Khalid Hussain Magsi, Professor Dr. Shahnaz Baloch and Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhary also participated in the meeting.

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