The government has been proposed to divest a modest quantity of shares of Oil and Gas Development Co., Ltd. (KASE:OGDC), Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (KASE:PPL) and other profit-making public sector entities denominated in a foreign currency, preferably US dollar, it was learnt on January 1, 2014. According to sources, the proposal originated in Karachi Tax Office has strongly recommended to raise foreign exchange through sell-off of a limited quantity of shares of OGDCL and PPL in stock market.