Violating PPRA rules: Nisar suspends NADRA officials

The minister also directed the management to digitise its complaint system

ISLAMABAD: The director-general and all officials of the NADRA were suspended on Friday on charges of gross violations of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules in hiring an office building on rent. The decision was taken by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted an inquiry report detailing the shady nature of contract and exorbitant rent. Chairing a meeting, also attended by NADRA’s board members, the interior minister also directed NADRA officials to refrain from hiring buildings on rent. He also tasked NADRA to identify government lands for establishing permanent infrastructure within a month. The building in question was hired by NADRA for a rent of Rs4.5 million a month with payment of 18-month rent in advance.  The minister also directed the NADRA management to digitise its complaint system.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 8^th, 2016.