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According to latest results update Ch.

Akram Group of All Pakistan OGDCL Ittehad Union is wining


with lead of almost 1800 votes. Raja Saleem Group is losing this CBA Union Election. Detail is as
under:Multan Ch. 34, Raja 0
Kot Addu Chaudhry. Akram 202, Raja Saleem Group 1
Quetta Chaudhry Group 4, Raja Group 0
Hyderabad Chaudhry group 15, Raja Group 10
DG Khan Chaudhry Group 123, Raja Group 31
OGDCL union body election 2016 result of FGCP-2, Ch. Akram 52 Raja Salem 17, camp chairman
Noor Muhammad 49 ch. Akram and independent supprted by Raja Salem group Mr. Imtiaz Ali Lund
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Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore (Tuesday, March 15, 2016) Today Polling is being held in all over
country for the CBA Union selection. Employees or workers of the OGDCL will cast their right of
vote. Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) will be selected through votes. Chaudhary Akram Group is
also contesting this election. He is winner of last 12 years of elections in Oil and Gas Development
Authority Limited (OGDCL).

Raise in OGDCL workers salary


ISLAMABAD Management of OGDCL signed 21st Memorandum of settlement (MoS)
with OGDCL Labour Ittehad Union (CBA) here Wednesday, according to this
agreement the employees salary has been increased 27pc alongwith 8pc increment
& Rs 2,000/- as capital allowance with other benefits with effect from 7th February,
2011, says a press release.
The MOS was signed in the presence of MD/CEO Asif Saeed Sindhu by Ijaz
Muhammad Khan General Manager Legal, on behalf of the Management and Ch.
Muhammad Akram, President CBA along with other officers and all representatives
from the OGDCL fields in the Conference Hall of OGDCL head Office, Islamabad.

Anti-privatisation protest: Scores injured as police, OGDCL


workers clash

ISLAMABAD: Clashes between police and protesting employees of the Oil


and Gas Development Company (OGDCL)on Wednesday left dozens from
both sides injured, police and eyewitnesses said.
The employees of the OGDCL were trying to reach Parliament House to record their
protest against the privatisation of the company.
The police, however, succeeded in arresting 25 employees.
About 400 workers first gathered in front of their building in Blue Area and then
started marching towards the Parliament House via Attaturk Avenue.
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They were led by the unions President Chaudhry Mohammad Akram and the CDA
union president, Chaudhry Yasin.
When they reached Nadra Chowk, the police intercepted them. The protestors
resisted the police, demanding access to the Parliament House.
However, senior officers of police and capital administration somehow succeeded in
restricting the protesters to the Chowk.
In the meantime, MNA Jamshed Dasti reached the Chowk and started inciting the
protesters to move towards Parliament House, the police and eyewitnesses said.
But the union leaders informed him that they had promised the police that they
would not move any further from here.
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But the MNA continued inciting the protesters. The city SP and assistant
commissioner then asked him not to take the law in his hands, they said, adding
that he ignored their requests and asked the protesters to follow him. Section 144
had already been enforced.
As the MNA was leading the protesters, the police and administration retreated.
When they (protesters) reached Radio Pakistan Chowk they all of a sudden started
pelting policemen with stones.
As a result, SP city Rizwan Gondal, DSP City Ashraf Shah, SHO Kohsar, along with
dozen other policemen were injured.

Later, the police resorted to baton charge which led to a physical fight between
them. The police also used teargas to disperse the protesters.
The arrested persons were shifted to Kohsar and Secretariat police stations.

OGDCL workers plan indefinite strike over retrenchment

HYDERABAD: The labour union of the Oil & Gas Development Company
Limited (OGDCL) has warned the workers will go on a strike for an
indefinite period if the company fails to fulfil their demands and reinstate
around 1,200 of their colleagues who were unfairly sacked in 1993.
They said that if the protest had any impact on production or it led to an untoward
situation, its responsibility would rest with the government.
The president of the Sindh chapter of OGDCL Mazdoor Union, Noor Khan Narejo,
general secretary Mohammad Ashraf, senior deputy general secretary Mehboob Ali
and others said at a press conference at the press club here on Saturday evening
that the 1200 work-charged and contractual employees were laid off in 1993 over
political grounds but later the company officers made this anti-labour policy
permanent.
They accused the officers of appointing their favourites and acquaintances to the
posts which fell vacant after the mass sacking of employees. A notification was
issued in 2009 by the president Asif Ali Zardari, which said all the employees sacked
during 1993 and 1996 must be reinstated but the OGDCL administration obstinately
refused to take back the laid-off workers, they said.
They said that if the sacked workers were not reinstated and their demands were
not met within a month, they would be forced to go on a strike for an indefinite
period. They would not resume duties till the demands were fulfilled, they warned.
They appealed to the government to immediately implement the unions charter of
demands and urged the federal government and ministry of petroleum and natural
resources to address workers grievances.
They called for the establishment of the OGDCL Hyderabad southern zonal office to
address issues of workers and landlords and demanded construction of a medical
centre to provide health facilities to employees and their families.

They demanded the company should regularise services of work-charged and


contractual workers and daily wagers and implement all rules and regulations of
labour. Profit and all pending installments of share and dividends under the Benazir
Employees Stock Option Scheme should be paid to workers, they said.
They said the company had bought 80 acres near Tando Alam oilfield to set up an oil
refinery during Benazir Bhuttos government in 1988 but the officers concerned did
not pay any attention to it and left the piece of land to turn into a wasteland. An oil
refinery must be established to generate more jobs, they said.
They called for the formation of a judicial commission to conduct an enquiry into
massive corruption by officers so that the company could be saved from an
imminent colossal loss.
They said the Supreme Court had issued an order on Oct 28, 2013 and directed all
oil and gas companies to ensure that all basic facilities were provided to residents of
the areas living around the companies installations but the order was completely
ignored. A high school set up at Tando Alam oilfield should be upgraded to a degree
college and a technical college, they demanded.
Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2016

OGDCL ignores uplift of Karak union council


KARAK: The residents of Nari Panos union council on Friday took to the
streets against the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL),
alleging that the company had failed to launch any development scheme
in the area from its social sector funds.
The protesters led by district councillor Rafi Khattak blocked Shawa Rig-I link road in
Khuram Mohammad Zai area, restricting movement of the company vehicles.
The protesters on the occasion said people had been affected by the exploration
activities of the company, but it had not launched any uplift project to resolve basic
problems of the localities.
The elders said they met with the companys regional coordinator, Mushfiq Hameed
Paracha, to update him about the basic problems being faced by them, but the
company failed to honour the agreements made with the local people.
The speakers said they were facing low gas pressure; many localities were still
without electricity and the water shortage persisted in the region for many years.

They regretted that OGDCL had also failed to pay compensation to the landowners.
They claimed that district government had deposited Rs1 billion for installation of
Sales Meter Station at Nari Panos, but the SNGPL was delaying the project for
unknown reasons.
They also condemned the more than 20 hours loadshedding in the district due to
which people were facing lot of problems. They resolved to continue their protest
until acceptance of their demands.
ANTI-ENCROACHMENT DRIVE DEMANDED: The traders of Karak city have
demanded of the government to direct the district government to remove the
encroachments on the lone road leading to the old bazaar.
The traders, including Altaf Khattak, Iqbal Khan, Haq Nawaz and others, informed a
meeting on Friday that the road leading from the main road to the old bazaar had
been practically occupied by the traders and small time vendors and the residents
faced hardships while moving to the city through the old bazaar.
They claimed that they had brought the issue into the notice of the tehsil municipal
administration to remove the encroachments, but to no avail.
Published in Dawn, September 3rd, 2016

LPG extraction project: OGDCL


workers seek cancellation of Karak
contract
ISLAMABAD:
A company whose contract for extracting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was
cancelled by the Supreme Court with directions to recover Rs22 billion from it, has
been provided with another opportunity to plunder national wealth, it emerged on
Thursday.
Abdul Rasheed Shinwari, the vice president of OGDCL All Pakistan Mazdur Itehad
Union petitioned the Islamabad High Court that the tender for LPG extraction project
awarded to Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) after the tender awarded to
Thermo Design Engineering was annulled after 14 months of slow work.
Islamabad High Court Justice Aamer Farooq on Thursday sought replies on the issue
within two weeks from the Petroleum and Natural Resources secretary and the Oil
and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) managing director.

The petitioner has made the Federation of Pakistan, Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Resources, and the managing director and general manager sales of OGDCL
and JJVL respondents.
Shinwari, through his counsel Adil Majeed Khan, told the court that OGDC intends to
undertake installation of an LPG recovery plant, compressor installation and allied
facilities at Nashpa Oil Field, Karak by using the process fee method instead of
engineering, production, construction and commission (EPCC) method.
EPCC is prevalent and has been implemented very successfully in Pakistan and
abroad, while also being the most efficient and far more economical than the
process fee or rental plant methods, he said.
The respondents, however, in order to fill their own pockets are desperately inclined
towards plundering the natural resources of the country for their own good at the
expense of public welfare, the petitioner claims.
Through the process fee method, JJVL will not only receive rent or profit share during
the period of contract, but would also get to uninstall the plant after expiration of
the contract or have the right to sell it to OGDCL, he said, explaining that this would
translate into OGDCL paying rent for its own plant.
Referring to JJVLs chequered history, the petitioner said that the company was
involved in the LPG scam, where the Supreme Court cancelled an LPG extraction
contract and directed authorities to recover Rs22 billion from it.
It shows gross criminal negligence and corrupt practices on the part of respondents
in advancing undue and illegal favours to JJVL, stated the petitioner.
Conversely, the petitioner claims that the EPCC method would increase annual net
profits by approximately Rs124 billion.
The petitioner requested the court to declare the tender awarded to JJVL as null and
void and direct the respondents to proceed with the LPG extraction project on EPCC
basis.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 2 nd, 2015.

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