I congratulate MOL - one of the leading foreign producers of natural gas in NWFP, on inauguration at Manzalai CPF in Karak. Our Government takes great interest in creating opportunities for private investment in the country; specially, in the sectors that directly have an effect on the social uplift of our people.
By exploring and utilising the resources-both natural and human, MOL is providing opportunities for the people of far flung areas and helping the country by contributing towards the self sustainability of energy needs.
Our government is determined to keep upgrading and developing the oil and gas sector as it is the moving force for progress in all the sectors and the uplift of the national economy as a whole. Pakistan is blessed with generous indigenous resources, which if explored and exploited, as they should be, can help the country to meet its ever increasing fuel demands.
Petroleum products and natural gas account for about 70 percent of commercial energy use. Pakistan's economy is in dire need of strong growth; the confidence of foreign sector can restore the health of economy and help us to take a sharp pick and high double digit growth in national capital. I hope MOL will maintain its high performance and sustain its efforts through exploration and production activities.