PC INVITES EOI FOR APPOINTMENT OF FAC FOR DIVESTMENT OF OGDC SHARES THROUGH GDR & DOMESTIC OFFERINGS

Islamabad, December 23, 2005

The Privatisation Commission has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) from Financial Advisory Consortia (FAC) for appointment of a Financial Advisory Consortium for the divestment of 10 % to 15 % equity (430,093,000 to 645,139,000 shares) of the country's largest oil & gas exploration and production company listed in the domestic market, Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) by means of a simultaneous international offering through Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) and a domestic public offering (Transaction).

It is expected that the GDR issuance will be jointly led by at least 2 (two) bookrunners who have demonstrable and proven capability for undertaking, managing and successfully executing such offerings. In addition the financial advisory consortium is expected to include at least one  financial institution that has the capability and the track record to manage a domestic offering. The EOI should comprise on 25 pages including the information regarding the consortium's basic technical qualifications comprising oil and gas equity raising, experience of Emerging markets, privatisations, listing in the stock exchanges of London and Luxembourg, equities research and distribution capabilities.

The interested financial advisory consortia have been asked to submit their EOIs latest by January 31, 2005 together with a non-refundable processing fee of US $ 5,000/- or Pak Rupees 300,000/-. Parties submitting EOI will be provided a Request for Proposal package, which will be inter alia, specify the last lade for submission of Technical and Financial Proposals. The PC  reserves the right to select the consortium among the proposals received, or to determine its own consortium.