KARAK: The officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company (KPOGCL) and Frontier Works Organisation visited the proposed site for the oil refinery in Faqeeri Banda area of district Karak.

Sources said that employees of revenue department gave a briefing to the visiting officials on the occasion. They said that the officials of KPOGCL and FWO were briefed by Tehsildar Mehran Ilyas, Gerdawar Mohammad Ayaz, Patwari Mastan Khattak and others.

Sources said that the district government already imposed Section 4 on 4,000-kanal in Faqeeri Banda area of Karak tehsil where the oil refinery would be established. Sources said that requisition of land would be completed soon and work would be expedited to execute the mega project in the district.

They said district government was providing help to the relevant quarters in early fulfillment of legal formalities to start work on the project.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2017

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