PR purchase: Locomotives deal ended, LHC told

The judge adjourned the hearing till June 27.


Our Correspondent May 23, 2013

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has ended an agreement with a Chinese company for the import of locomotives, the PR director for procurement told the Lahore High Court on Thursday. The chief justice commented during the hearing that the authority which issued a tender in favour of the company and then executed it had behaved “miserably”. The petitioner, Advocate Syed Feroze Shah Gillani, had submitted that Pakistan Railways had entered a contract to lease train engines from a company that was blacklisted all over the world. He said that PR had faced losses of billions of rupees due to the corruption of top officials and this contract was an example. He alleged that Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, former railway minister, had paid a Rs16 billion advance to the blacklisted company in order to obtain kickbacks in the purchase of 75 locomotives. He asked the court to restrain Pakistan Railways from getting the locomotives from the Chinese company. The judge adjourned the hearing till June 27.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2013.

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