The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday reserved verdict on petitions challenging the purchase of 112 ambulances for Rescue 1122. The single bench comprising Justice Ayesha A Malik was hearing petitions filed by Muhammad Shahid and Toyota Garden Motors.
The petitioners, in their petitions, had submitted that 112 ambulances were to be purchased for the Rescue 1122 department. They said the technical committee set up for the purpose had rejected all the ambulances made by Chinese companies but the purchase committee had later violated the rules by awarding the tender to a company that was offering Chinese vans. They pleaded the court to set aside the tender awarded against the recommendations of the technical committee. The Punjab government informed the court through a law officer that all the legal formalities had been fulfilled for the purchase of the ambulances. The law officer also pointed out that the amount reserved for the ambulances will lapse, if it was not utilised before June 30. The court after hearing the arguments of both the parties, reserved its verdict on the petitions.
Earlier, the court had barred the Punjab government from releasing the funds to purchase 112 ambulances.
