Gas provision in southern districts: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to seek Prime Minister's approval

The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would seek the approval of the prime minister for provision of gas to the villages situated within the radius of five kilometres of the gas wells in southern districts of the province. This was decided in a meeting held here with Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ghulam Dastagir Khan in the chair.
The meeting besides others was also attended by the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Affairs of Oil and Gas in Southern Districts and Minister for Information and Public Relations, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Minister for Housing, Amjad Khan Afridi, MNAs and MPAs of Kohat, Karak and Hangu, Secretary Home, Commissioner Kohat Division and authorities concerned of the OGDCL, SNGPL and MOL.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the provision of gas to the local areas and to remove obstacles in the way of implementation process in Oil and Gas sector in the southern districts of Kohat, Karak and Hangu. The meeting thoroughly debated the affairs related to the oil and gas sector and all the stakeholders presented their point of view in detail.