Court Orders OGDC to Pay Rs. 789 Million to Akbar Bugti’s Grandson

In practice, the Sindh High Court's constitutional bench has ordered Oil and Gas Development Firm Limited (PSX: OGDC) to pay more than Rs.

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• The case was filed by Ali Bugti, grandson of former Balochistan chief minister Nawab Akbar Bugti, over unpaid gas royalty.
• His lawyer informed the court that OGDC had an agreement with Nawab Zong Khan Bugti regarding the gas royalty.
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• According to the petition, OGDC had halted paying the royalty in 2016.

In practice, the court overturned an earlier decision by a single-member bench that had rejected the claim and directed the petitioner to submit a new succession certificate.

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For context, the case was filed by Ali Bugti, grandson of former Balochistan chief minister Nawab Akbar Bugti, over unpaid gas royalty.

According to the petition, OGDC had halted paying the royalty in 2016. The petitioner approached the Sindh High Court seeking royalty payments for the period from 2011 to 2016.

His lawyer informed the court that OGDC had an agreement with Nawab Zong Khan Bugti regarding the gas royalty. Zong Khan Bugti died in Florida, United States, on March 3, 1995.

After which the payments were halted, OGDC continued making royalty payments until 2011.

In practice, the court has now ordered OGDC to pay Rs. 789, 092, 099 in gas royalty to Ali Bugti and set aside the earlier single-bench ruling.

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