Bureaucrat gets petroleum division’s permanent charge
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday assigned permanent charge of the Petroleum Division to Ali Raza Bhutta.
A notification issued by the Establishment Division said Mr Bhutta “a BS-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Secretary Power Division, is transferred and posted as Secretary, Petroleum Division”.
The Power Division’s charge has been assigned to Syed Asif Hyder Shah.
The recent reshuffle in the energy sector is part of the alleged favouritism in the Petroleum Division due to which previous petroleum secretary Dr Arshad Mehmood was removed and has not been assigned any further posting.
The energy ministry has reportedly been criticised for referring to only one business group as the panacea for all energy challenges, including those relating to LPG production, virtual pipelines for LNG supplies and facilitation to additional business-to-business arrangements within the existing LNG terminals.
The Establishment Division also notified additional charge of the National Heritage and Culture Division to Naheed S. Durrani.
Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2021
