July 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has scrutinized a total of 24,554 tender notices of public sector entities involving multi-billion rupees procurements and found 1,606 deviations from the public procurement rules during the last financial year 2020-21.
The PPRA monitors all the advertisements/tenders related to procurement on a real-time basis through its web portal, with a view to ensuring compliance with the Public Procurement Rules, 2004. During FY2020-21, a total of 24,554 tender notices of Public Sector Organizations were uploaded and monitored, wherein 1,606 deviations from the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 were pointed out to the concerned procurement agencies for taking remedial measures. It is claimed that the PPRA Rules compliance has been improved by approximately 12 percent in the last fiscal year.
The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) on Monday restrained the government from entering into a roughly Rs25 billion worth of deal for installing an electronic monitoring system to check tax evasion after it received a complaint about alleged favouritism in the process.
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December 21, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Two critical bills, one relating to the development of the Bundal and Buddo islands and the other to the establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority, await approval of parliament.
The Pakistan Islands Development Authority (PIDA) bill, which had been promulgated on August 30, expires in 10 days when it will exceed its initial four-month constitutional life. The CPEC authority bill was extended by the National Assembly on October 30 and will remain valid for a period of just over another two months.
Under the Constitution, the president cannot extend any bill beyond its prescribed timeframe. Since the parliament building was sealed on November 4 until November 23 after a large number of secretariat staff tested positive for Covid-19, there are no signs that either House will be summoned any time soon to take up this key legislative business.
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December 21, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Two critical bills, one relating to the development of the Bundal and Buddo islands and the other to the establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority, await approval of parliament.
The Pakistan Islands Development Authority (PIDA) bill, which had been promulgated on August 30, expires in 10 days when it will exceed its initial four-month constitutional life. The CPEC authority bill was extended by the National Assembly on October 30 and will remain valid for a period of just over another two months.
Under the Constitution, the president cannot extend any bill beyond its prescribed timeframe. Since the parliament building was sealed on November 4 until November 23 after a large number of secretariat staff tested positive for Covid-19, there are no signs that either House will be summoned any time soon to take up this key legislative business. Even after the reopening of the parliamentary complex, all the employees w