Senate body seeks PWD project details

The Senate sub-committee on Housing and Works on Monday directed to submit complete details of the projects carried out in Batkhela by the Pakistan Works Department (PWD) during the last one year. The body met under the convener ship of Senator Kamil Ali Agha at Parliament House which was attended by Senator Afnan Ullah Khan and officials from PWD and Ministry of Housing and Works.

The body also looked into alleged corruption, malpractices and embezzlement on Pak PWD Batkhela Division as reported in the local newspapers of Peshawar few months ago in May 2021. The ministry officials informed the committee that the report submitted by the executive engineer, project civil division, Pak PWD Batkhela has been examined. In this regard, he said the complainants also filed the cases in court. However, the court agreed with the stance of the department and disposed the appeals as the complaints were made on ulterior motives which were lacking any ground reality.