Pakistan, June 24 -- Pakistan's Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL) has started gas production from a discovery well in southern Sindh province, the company said on Tuesday, as the state-run producer seeks to raise output and help reduce the country's reliance on imported fuel.

Pakistan faces declining gas production from several mature fields and has increasingly relied on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet domestic demand. The government has sought to boost indigenous oil and gas production to improve energy security, lower import costs and ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves.

"Sahito-1 is currently producing 6.0 MMSCFD of gas," OGDCL said in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange, referring to the discovery w...