ISLAMABAD – Minister for Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan and Special Assistant tothe Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar visited the site of drillingoff the Karachi coast to review the work pace.

The two visited Indus G-Block called Kekra-I at Karachi coast and reviewedthe ongoing drilling work. They appreciated the pace of the drilling, whichhas entered its final stage, *Radio Pakistan* reported.

Earlier in March, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared that Pakistan isexpected to find oil reserves in the sea near Karachi. He added that if thereserves are found, then the nation might not even be in need of importingoil.

“We are hopeful of finding large reserves of gas and oil in the sea nearKarachi. The nation should pray for this and I will soon share good newsregarding this.

God willing the reserves will be so large that we will not need to importany oil,” he said, adding that soon the nation will get ‘good news’.