MOL Group sends relief goods to North Waziristan, Pakistan

MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of MOL Group has dispatched seven truckloads of food packages, which were handed over by MOL Group Executive Vice President for Exploration and Production Alexander Dodds to Khaqan Abbasi Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources. The relief goods will meet the needs of 1000 internally displaced (IDP) families for a week.

MOL Pakistan, presently working in TAL Block (consisting of the districts of Karak, Kohat and Hangu), is actively supporting Pakistani people in need. Praising this gesture, Minister Abbasi expressed his gratitude for the timely assistance extended by MOL Group to the people of North Waziristan. Upon reaching the location of the IDPs, the trucks will be handed over to the army and civil administration for them to arrange distribution. Mr Abbasi expressed his appreciation and called Alexander Dodds “a friend of Pakistan”.

Speaking on this occasion Mr Dodds said that “MOL Group considers it its moral and social obligation to help these distressed people who had to leave their homes under difficult circumstances. I came here to be personally involved in this gesture of MOL Pakistan and to show solidarity with suffering people in this hour of need. In the future also, MOL Group will continue to donate for such noble causes in Pakistan” he added.

The latest delivery of relief goods is the second donation that MOL Pakistan has handed over to the IDPs in the past two weeks. MOL Pakistan has previously extended help to those affected by earthquakes and floods. Following the earthquake, MOL Group donated five hundred thousand dollars to relief efforts. Employees of MOL Pakistan also contributed a portion of their salaries to the relief fund for the IDPs.

MOL Pakistan has always championed CSR initiatives with frequent free eye camps, water schemes and construction of schools and examination halls also being carried out in the TAL Block, Pakistan.

Mr Ahmad Majdi, MOL Group Regional Director ME and Africa, Mr Ali Murtaza Abbas, MOL Group Regional Adviser ME and Africa, Mr Ákos Grósz, MOL Pakistan Managing Director, CEO were also present on the occasion.

Adapted from a press release by David Bizley

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