Govt to public report on Petroleum crisis

By Uzma Zafar

Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Monday said Petroleum Commission report would be made public after getting consent of the federal cabinet. He said the report of the Commission, constituted by the federal government, has been received and would be presented before the federal cabinet on Tuesday.
He said transparency and accountability is hallmark of the government of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI).
Moreover, Advisor to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Monday asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislators to send their resignations to London based leader former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
He said Nawaz Sharif should personally handover the resignations to speakers of their respective assemblies next month in January 2021. He said revolution was impossible without taking this action.
Meanwhile, The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered to immediately public the commission’s report on the petroleum crisis.
A report of the commission that was formed to investigate the petroleum crisis was presented in Lahore High Court (LHC). The hearing was presided over by the LHC Chief Justice Qasim Khan, in which deputy attorney general of Pakistan appeared before the court.
Meanwhile, the LHC Chief Justice Qasim Khan remarked that the report should be automatically made public as per the law. Being asked about the report, the deputy attorney general said that he has been informed that the report has been presented before the federal cabinet. The chief justice LHC remarked that the commission was formed on the directions of the court in this scenario the court enjoys more entitlement.”Report would be made public even if the whole cabinet oppose it.”
During the hearing, the head of the inquiry commission Abu Bakar Khuda Bux was asked to come on the rostrum. He informed the court that the Ministry of Energy was not having complete record regarding the situation of petroleum in the country.