According to the CDA tender notice, the estimated cost of the beautification tender was Rs1.96 million. PHOTO: AFP
The roads leading to the house of Pakistan’s Prime Minister need no beautification.
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif issued directions on Monday to cancel a tender issued by Capital Development Authority (CDA) for beautification of roads leading to the Prime Minister’s House, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister (PM) Secretariat.
The tender was issued during the previous government for “Improvement of PM House Route and Surroundings,” according to the tender notice issued by the CDA.
CDA spokesperson Malik Saleem said the tender was cancelled immediately after instructions were received from the PM’s office.
He said that the tender was for seasonal beautification of the route to Prime Minister’s house, which involves regular work such as change of grass on the median and seasonal upkeep of the flower beds.
“It is a routine tender and it is in no way linked with the new prime minister assuming office,” Saleem said.
The tender was first issued in April during the caretakers, he said, but due to “some reasons,” it was going to be re-opened on June 19. Saleem did not give an exact reason for the re-tendering.
According to the CDA tender notice, the estimated cost of the beautification tender was Rs1.96 million.
The release stated that Sharif’s decision was “in view of his government’s policy of judicious use of public resources.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 11th, 2013.
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