Names of defence contractors should not be made public through whom Pakistan buys missiles and aircraft parts . The PAC expressed disappointment with the Ministry of Water Resources for not completing projects that were started two decades ago and now cost twice as much .
The committee pointed out that the Kachhi Canal project which was started in October and supposed to be completed by September is still under construction after two decades with a cost escalation of more than per cent . The Right Bank Outfall Drain Project initiated in July was delayed by years resulting in the government paying a hefty Rs.
bn at around pc higher cost . The Allai Khwar Hydropower Project was delayed years and completed after an escalated cost of pc increasing from Rs .bn to .bn. The committee also objected to the delays in the Golen Gol hydropower project . The Committee also objects to a dozen inquiries that had not reached a final conclusion.
Mr Khan said the committee had not received any report from the ministry regarding the inquiry into the irregular award of contracts for leftover works through various orders in violation of PPRA rules resulting in a loss of £.bn. Similarly the ministry had not submitted a report on the unjustified increase of Rs.
billion. The PAC drew attention of the ministry’s [exhaustive] increase in excavated quantities of hard rock and the disposal of surplus material resulting in an [excesses of excesses of hard Rock and the [expectation of [exceeded] to the [disposal of excess of surplus material.
respectively]. The ministry had failed to [expletives of excess [of excess materials of surplus materials. The Ministry of excessed].
