The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to all respondents in the rental power projects (RPPs) case after it was informed that Reshma Rental Power Plant was not paid its outstanding amount of Rs 750 million despite it having reimbursed the money taken as mobilisation advance.
A two-member Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing two identical petitions filed by Federal Minister for Housing and Works Faisal Saleh Hayat and PML-N MNA Khawaja Asif alleging corruption in the award of RPPs contract.
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for Reshma Power Project, Dr Pervez Hassan, counsel for Pakistan Power Resource (PPR) project in Gaddu, Multan and Bhikki and counsel for PEPCO Khawaja Tariq Rahim appeared before the court.
Pirzada told the court that Reshma Power Project was not receiving the money against the power it was generating, whereas Dr Pervez Hassan told the court that PPR projects were installed with good faith and sense of transparency in Pakistan.
