The controversy over appointment of Adnan Khwaja as Managing Director (MD), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC), ended after appointment of Director General (DG) Petroleum Concession (PC) Naeem Malik as new MD of the company, Business Recorder has learnt.
Naeem is a seasoned official with wide experience of dealing issues relating to oil and gas sectors. He has also worked as DG Gas and DG Oil in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. During the short span of working as DG PC, he had settled issues of oil and gas exploration and granted record exploration licences to companies in the oil and gas sectors.
After retirement of Mahboob Shah Alam, Naeem was given acting charge of OGDC MD. Adnan Khwaja''s appointment as OGDC MD had sparked controversy. However, he resigned from this post on Thursday. The Supreme Court had also taken suo motu notice of his appointment.