The Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has given a clean chit to the laptop scheme of the Punjab government. TIP wrote a letter to Higher Education Commission secretary and mentioned that distribution process of some 100,000 laptops was done according to the rules and regulations, while all laptops were purchased in a transparent manner along with Windows 7 software.
TIP pointed out that procurement process of laptops was initiated in July 2012, a special committee was formulated to review offers extended by various companies for supply of laptops in order to ensure transparency of the purchasing process. The special committee selected four companies of international repute for provision of laptops after a detailed scrutiny.
Five letters of credits were opened in the Bank of Punjab for procurement of 100,000 laptops, which, according to TIP, have been received by the Punjab government.