Under the contract, 102km-long road from Naukundi to Mashkhel will be constructed at an estimated cost of over Rs6 billion. File photo
ISLAMABAD: The Contractors Association of Pakistan (CAP) has expressed doubts about the transparency of the process adopted to award a multi-billion-rupee road project as the National Highway Authority (NHA) disqualified the country’s seven top firms, including the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), on identical grounds.
The CAP appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Federal Communications Minister Murad Saeed to intervene into the matter to ensure transparency and fair play in the award of the contract, but to no avail.
THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
February 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto appearing before the Public Investments Committee (PIC) in Parliament, Nairobi yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto yesterday declared the Sh7.6 billion Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) procurement illegal but said the taxpayers will still have to pay for it.
Ogeto, who appeared before a parliamentary committee yesterday, said the Covid-19 equipment were tendered by the agency in contravention of the procurement law, therefore, was null and void.
This came as members of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) mulled over how to recover millions of shillings from the suppliers who charged exaggerated cost. The MPs suggested the establishment of a multi-agency team to determine the market price of the items. Firms already paid will have to return the excess payments.
LNG crisis likely to worsen in country
Dealers who declined to supply gas include state-run entities and major international LNG traders
LNG PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers have refused to give supplies to Pakistan for the month of February in the wake of recent massive hike in the prices of gas.
According to details, Pakistan LNG Ltd (PLL) had advertised a tender on November 28, 2020 for the procurement of two spot LNG cargoes to be delivered in February 2021.
On December 28, 2020 the bids were opened and the results were announced, and in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules, the award intimation was made 10 days later on January 7, 2021.
A lawmaker of the opposition PML-N has informed the Islamabad High Court that the PTI government has promulgated 18 ordinances during the pendency of his petition filed against ‘excessive’ presidential ordinances. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has promulgated 18 ordinances during the pendency of his petition filed against ‘excessive’ presidential ordinances.
MNA Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, who filed the petition through Barrister Umar Gillani, challenged the powers of President Dr Arif Alvi to issue ordinances to run the affairs of the government instead of making proper legislation through parliament. Initially, it challenged eight ordinances.
National
January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court Islamabad Thursday rejected the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) plea seeking non-bailable arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in LNG reference.
The court also accepted a plea of Khaqan Abbasi seeking exemption from appearing in the court hearing. Accountability Court judge Azam Khan announced that the court has approved the one-day (Thursday) exemption plea of the former prime minister. “Shahid Khaqan Abbasi should ensure his presence in the next hearing of the case,” the judge said.
The court has indicted Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail and other co-accused in the LNG terminal reference in November 16 last year filed by NAB. According to NAB, the former prime minister in 2013 had awarded an LNG import and distribution contract to the Elengy Terminal in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws. PML-N leader Shahid