Karachi: Despite the ban imposed by the Election Commission on the federal, provincial and local governments to tender for new development projects, Baldia Uzmi Karachi spent 21 crores on 13 while PWD called for tenders for 530 development schemes worth four and a half billion. Do it.
According to the details, despite the absence of funds, tenders worth billions were called for, and the senior contractors and legal circles of Karachi were very concerned and demanded immediate notice from the Election Commission, including the court.
The Election Commission of Pakistan, through a notification dated 15 August 2023, banned federal, provincial and local governments from conducting tenders for all types of development works.
After the above notification, the bureaucracy of Sindh is busy trying to use different strategies to buy and sell contracts worth billions, but on the other hand, Pakistan Public Works Department has called for tenders for 530 development schemes worth about four and a half billion.
Apart from this, the Department of Zoological Safari and Recreation of Karachi Municipality has also surprised everyone by calling for tenders for 13 schemes costing 21 crores. The ban has been made a joke.
According to senior contractor Bashir Mandukhel, PWD does not have funds and contractors’ pay orders of crores of rupees are already stuck in the department due to non-availability of funds. A strike has been planned and preparations have been made to buy and sell contracts despite the Commission’s ban on tenders.
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