Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested Planning and Development Department Government of KP Assistant Chief (BPS-18) Tehsil Zaman who is accused of embezzling Rs.110.00 million in the procurement of sanitation vehicles for local government department of KP on exorbitant rates.
A complaint was lodged in NAB KP wherein the complainant said that the procurement of sanitation vehicles by local government department was not transparent and the officers and officials of the department were involved in corrupt practices. During the enquiry, it was revealed that the department of local government officials disqualified the lowest bidder on technical grounds and awarded the contract to the higher bidder. It was established prima facie that the contractors M/s Meraj Ltd worked in connivance with officers & officials of the KP’s local government department and sold the sanitation vehicles/equipments on inflated prices.
The accused Tehsil Zaman Assistant Chief was the representative of Planning and Development department in the Intra Departmental Purchase Committee constituted for this procurement. He was also member of sub-committee constituted for technical evaluation. He allegedly worked in connivance with other accused persons and signed technical evaluation without getting any report from the sub-committee member.
Potential lower bidders were knocked out on flimsy and illegal grounds in technical evaluation approved by him. The accused was presented before the Accountability Court Peshawar which remanded him into NAB’s custody for 10 days.
