ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked his special assistant on petroleum Nadeem Babar to resign from his position.
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar announced the decision in a press conference on Friday.
Secretary for Petroleum Division has also been asked to report to the Establishment Division.
Umar said that both officials have been asked to leave the charge in order to ensure transparency in the investigation, besides clarifying that Babar and secretary petroleum had not been found involved in any wrongdoing.
The planning minister said that the prime minister had directed the Federal Investigation Agency to conduct forensic audit of oil marketing companies.
He further said that some incompetent people in the petroleum division hold administrative positions, adding that the division has been directed to report to the premier in this regard immediately.
The planning minister further said that the Petroleum Division and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) have lead role in the lawmaking that helps to run the whole sector.
There is ambiguity in functions of the division and Ogra as when something bad happens they starts holding each other responsible for it.
He asserted that there is a need to end the ambiguity in order to save the country from losses of billions of rupees.
