A three member commission has accused the Capital Development Authority (CDA) of corruption, favoritism, and nepotism in mega projects while the Senate Standing Committee on the Cabinet Division has sought details of the Bahria Enclave project in which the people were being made to pay more price than agreed at the time of allotment.
The three member commission was formed by the Islamabad High Court to probe allegations of corruption against the CDA in mega-projects. The three-member inquiry commission, headed by Justice (r) Sardar Raza Khan, reviewed major projects including the Monal Restaurant, the Kuri Model Village, the Saidpur Model Village, IJ Principal Road, allotment of a plot for the construction of a five-star hotel near the Convention Centre, allotment of the land for the Centaurus Complex, plots near Rawal Dam, land allotment for a private firm named Manawa, the awarding of the contracts to LED and the Diplomatic Shuttle Service, and issuance of no-objection certificates to private housing schemes.
The commission recorded statement of 125 people and inspected the related sites before completing its 118 pages report. The report notes that the owner of the Park Tower sold apartments without paying a single penny to the CDA.
Justice Siddiqui ordered to make the report public and cancelled the Rs 22.5 million contract of water filtration plants awarded to a private company.
The CDA was also grilled by the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Division for allowing the owner of the Bahria Enclave for demanding more money than agreed at the time of allotment.
The committee meeting was held in the Parliament House with Begum Kalsoom Parveen in the chair. The committee was apprised that the total cost of a plot in the Bahria Enclave was Rs 6 million at the time of allotment but it had been raised to Rs 8.5 million. CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz confessed to the committee that some of the officials in the authority were allegedly supporting the land mafia, adding that efforts were being made to eradicate corruption and improve the performance of the CDA.
