Indian companies can bid for Pak oil assets

By agencies   |   Friday, 17 February 2006, 20:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: Pakistani oil minister Amanullah Khan Jadoon today said Indian oil companies can bid for any oil and gas assets in Pakistan. Indian companies like Indian Oil Corporation; Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) had evinced interest in acquiring assets of Pakistani firms. India's Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan said that Indian state-run firms were eyeing stakes in a Pakistani gas firm being privatized. "There is no bar on anybody. Let us work the details, there are some technical issues," Jadoon said.