KARACHI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan State Oil (PSO) aur Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) ne Kuwait se Pakistan ko diesel aur jet fuel ki farahmi jari rakhne aur tawanai ke wasee-tar shobe mein mil kar kaam karne ke imkanaat talash karne par ittefaq kiya hai, PSO ne Jumeraat ko bataya.
Yeh mufahimat PSO ke ek wafd ke daura-e-Kuwait ke dauran tay paayi jis ki qayadat company ke chief executive Jowad Ahmed Cheema ne ki. Unhon ne KPC ke chief executive aur deputy chairman Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah se mulaqat ki. Unhon ne Sheikh Khaled Ahmed Al-Sabah se bhi mulaqat ki, jo KPC mein international marketing ke sarbarah hain aur Kuwait Oil Tanker Company chalate hain.
Donon fareeqon ne maujooda market halaat ke mutabiq farahmi ke maujooda muahidon ki sharait par nazar-e-saani par ittefaq kiya. Donon sarkari companiyon ki shirakat taqreeban 50 saal purani hai.
KPC hukoomat ki haal hi mein tarmeem-shuda Customs Bonded Storage Policy ke tehat Pakistan ki storage aur bandargahi sahuliyat bhi istemal karega. Is policy ke tehat dar-aamad-shuda petroleum masnoaat bonded storage mein rakhi ja sakti hain aur phir Pakistan mein farokht ya khitte ki doosri mandiyon ko dobara bar-aamad ki ja sakti hain. Baqi kaghzi karrawai mutaliqa Pakistani mehkamon ke saath jald mukammal hone ki tawaqqo hai.
Baat cheet mein jahaz-rani, refining, base oil ki farahmi aur lubricants ki marketing ke saath saath Pakistan ke gas, refining, storage aur logistics ke shobon mein KPC ki mumkina sarmaya-kaari par bhi ghaur kiya gaya.
Cheema ne kaha, "PSO in muzakraat ko agle 50 barson mein thos nataij mein badalne ke liye pur-azm hai." Unhon ne kaha ke Pakistan ke storage aur bandargahi dhaanche mein KPC ki dilchaspi tawanai ke tahaffuz ko mazboot banane, ilaqai tijarat ko farogh dene aur sarmaya-kaari laane ka mauqa hai.
Yeh muahida aise waqt hua hai jab Pakistan Iran jang ke baais Khaleeji jahaz-rani mein khalal ke dauran fuel ki farahmi mehfooz banane ki koshish kar raha hai. Secretary tijarat ne is hafte bataya ke jang se Pakistan ko Khaleej ko bar-aamadaat mein 38 crore 70 lakh dollar ka nuqsaan ho chuka hai. Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif aur un ke Kuwaiti hum-mansab ne Budh ko COP31 mein tauseeq-shuda difaai muahide ka khair-maqdam kiya.
Mulk mein hukoomat ne Jumeraat se diesel 7 rupay sasta kar ke 364 rupay fi litre kar diya, jo musalsal doosri kami hai. Ek naye mansoobe ke tehat PSO SSGC ke saath LPG ki qeematen muqarrar karne ki zimmedari bhi sambhalne wala hai.
