The Ministry of Petroleum on Monday issued a notification appointing Muhammad Riaz Khan as the acting Managing Director (MD) of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL). According to details, following the resignation of former OGDCL MD Masood Siddiqui, the Ministry of Petroleum had forwarded three names to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the induction of interim MD. The names of Executive Directors Basharat Mirza, Muhammad Riaz Khan and Zahid Farani had been sent by the Petroleum Ministry to the prime minister for the slot of interim MD of the company.