A Pakistan court ordered the government to let the local Attock Group of Companies take part in bidding for a management stake in the country’s top oil marketing firm, Pakistan State Oil, a lawyer said.

The Privatisation Commis-sion of Pakistan, the body overseeing the sale of government assets, is likely to hold bidding for a 51 per cent stake in PSO on May 5.
Khalid Anwar, a lawyer for the Attock Group, said the group appealed to the High Court in Sindh province after the Privatisation Commission failed to invite it to undertake due diligence, without giving a reason and even though it had been short-listed.