PDI organizes media workshops on Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)
While
continuing the campaign on corporate social responsibilities of oil and gas
companies in Sindh, Participatory Development Initiatives organized media
workshops on CSR in five district head quarters of Sindh.
These workshops were organized in the press clubs of Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin,
Dadu and Tando Allahyar to ensure that more and more newsmen should participate
in the workshop.
During
the workshops a comprehensive presentation was made on CSR petroleum concession
agreement as well as environmental guidelines about oil and gas exploration
and production. The presentations were followed by questions and answer sessions
in which the question raised by the journalists, were answered.
The journalist showed great interest in the workshops media coverage of the
workshops was tremendous as national and regional papers published detailed
news and the electronic media also gave coverage to the workshops.

Pakistan
Government have issued licenses to the multinational companies of off-shore
oil exploration in the coastal water s of Indus delta [Thatta and Badin].
More than one dozen multination oil and gas companies are engaged in exploration
and production of oil and gas in Sindh and interestingly the majority of these
multinational companies are operating in disaster prone areas.
In place of contributing towards the sustainable development of he disaster
prone districts, the multinational companies are negatively contributing toward
the degradation of livelihood and the environment of local areas.
In such a situation there was strong need of initiating a program covering
two important aspects that is awareness of the local communities about the
CSR and their rights under CSR as well as advocacy with the multinational
companies and the government to ensure proper implementation on CSR in the
oil and gas exploration sector in Sindh. Advocacy was also needed with the
federal and provincial government to ensure royalty for the areas/districts
from where the oil and gas is being explored.
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