* In PIA Rs 160 billion deal purchase for newaircraft kept secret from share holders. Zamzam bought at cost of Rs 30 crore withgross irregularities. 6000 people inducted in the airline which already hadhighest employees per aircraft ratio in the world.

(Rs.6,00,000 each taken for management posts -given Group 6)

* Income Tex Officer was appointed as Chairman ofTCP, govt purchased sugar, rice, wheat at inflated price, new contracts tohandle cargo at port were awarded at price that was often thrice paid by theTCP for the similar job in the previous year.

* On 23rd Sep 2009 Transparency International said“How can one expect from any donor to come forward to assist Pakistan from itscurrent financial crisis, when there exist no law against corruption.” In 2009,the transparency score has dropped to 2.4.

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* Procurement of GRP pipe for Port Qasim Authorityby Frontier Works Organisation at a higher rate from Iran than the price quotedby a Saudi company in its tender documents. 

* Sheikh Afzal of Haris Steel Mills said he hadpaid Rs35 million to Dr Awan, Rs10 million to former adviser SharifuddinPirzada, Rs20 million to Malik Qayyum and Rs7.5 million to Ali Waseem, son ofWaseem Sajjad, to obtain a court verdict in his favour.

* Ministry of Water and Power paid Rs225 for abulb available in the open market for Rs140, causing a loss of about Rs3billion to the exchequer.

* Minister for Water and Power Pervez Ashraf hasbeen repeatedly accused of changing tender terms after award, which compromisedthe entire process, especially with reference to the highly controversialrental power plants. As far as the cost of electricity is concerned, RPPs are24 per cent more expensive than IPPs.

* OGDC top management indulged in favouritism inthe award of contract to renovate OGDC main building in Islamabad. OGDCallocates Rs 10 million per annum for renovation but the contract is givenwithout bidding to the contractor on the approval of MD of OGDC. According toAuditor General of Pakistan’s recent report, OGDC faced a loss of Rs 169.67million in contract of procurements during financial year 2008-09.

* Transparency International Pakistan expressesconcern over hiring of lobbyists in US

* A multi-million dollar scam in the OGDCL, whichis all set to hire rental drilling rigs from a select group through a 15-daydomestic tender instead of floating one-month international tenders.

* A surgical operation has been launched in theNAB as the government has forced its chairman to remove its most importantofficials, including the DG operations, who has been targeted for issuing theorder for the immediate implementation of the Supreme Court order on the NRO.

* On the recommendations of Commerce Minister AminFahim, import of 10 million tons of used lubrication oil was allowed, while theitem is banned, according to the Trade Policy, and is extremely dangerous for vehicleengines. 

* Privatisation Commission has sought FederalCabinet’s help against other ministries, which are allegedly creating hurdlesin the privatisation process, besides initiating Brown-field Public-PrivatePartnership mode of transactions. 

* The high-ups of Directorate General of PakistanPost in sheer violation of PPRA rules as well as departmental policy havepurchased medicines in bulk on inflated rates under the garb of ‘centralisedpurchase’ for obvious reason of getting maximum kickbacks.(BR 18th Jan 2010)

* Passco, which is a loss making public sectorentity, is reportedly selling Basmati and Irri-6 rice to ‘blue-eyed’ buyers atunjustified prices.(BR 18th Jan )

* ADB declined to approve the plans for 14 RPPssaying it would need 31pc to 45pc increase in consumer tariff.(D 18th Jan 2010)

* SNGPL and Enar, have failed to startinstallation of compressors at the site so far, Business Recorder has learnt.The OGDC has hired the services of these companies to install compressors at Qadirpurgas field without completing the bidding process.(BR 18th Jan)

* The tender documents floated by TCP for theimport of 350,000 metric tons sugar are “tailor-made” to suit aparticular Dubai-based refinery. (19th Jan BR)

* More than 100 poor natives of Sindh, who hadcompeted with 7,000 candidates in tests and interviews conducted by the SPSCreceived a shock of their life when the CM decided to withdraw all vacanciesfrom the SPSC to allow the relevant departments to recruit Jialas. (TN 19th Jan2010)

* 16-17 jobs in tSindh Workers Welfare Board, onad hoc basis, were made without the routine process on the orders received fromthe personal secretary of Federal Minister for Labour Syed Khursheed Shah. .(TN19th Jan 2010)

* In an identical exercise last month, SindhMinister for Local Bodies Agha Siraj Durrani appointed a hand-picked person inGrade 18 and 25 others — all endorsed by powerful ruling politicians — as Grade17 and Grade 16 officials in the newly-created Sehwan Development Authority..(TN 19th Jan 2010)

* Sindh chief minister exempted 28 officers fromappearing in mandatory examinations for promotion in the next grade and gaveoutright promotions to hand-picked politically-connected individuals. .(TN 19thJan 2010)

* On 12 September 2009 at Kashmir House, under the“Benazir Tractor Scheme” in District Layyah ‘randomly’ 48 applicants of asingle family out of a total draw of 63 were awarded tractors. PPP regime,through this scheme, has favoured the MNA with not less than Rs 29 million.Well-placed sources confided to TheNation that the PPP favoured the MNA inreturn for his vote in the elections of both the Prime Minister and thePresident. (N 25th Jan 2010)

* Latif Khosa, who had to step down asattorney-general after a corruption scandal surfaced, has been fully“rehabilitated” as he is looking after the parliamentary business of a total ofseven federal divisions on behalf of the prime minister as his adviser.(11thFeb TN)

* ECC of the Cabinet approved an IPP of 10.5 MW,of a political heavyweight from Jhang,(11 Feb BR)

* A company that remained under NAB investigationin the previous regime and was blacklisted as a supplier of petroleum productis now getting connected with Mr. Qamar and also PM Gilani through one of his familymembers for contract.(March 9, 2010 N)

* Irregularities, fraud detected in PetroleumMinistry. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources had released amisappropriate amount of Rs 3.77 billion to the gas companies as 100 percentadvance before commencement of the gas provision schemes, while another amountof Rs 0.157 billion was released without identifying the specific schemes. (16March 2010 DT)

* Corruption in Punjab Home Department cost Rs1.86billion in the financial year 2008-09. (March 18, 2010 TN)

* Pakistan lost one billion dollars after the topguns of the Petroleum Ministry ignored the lowest bid of the Fauji Foundationand the multinational energy firm, Vitol. (3rd April TN)

* Commerce Ministry is under immense pressure fromfederal ministers to issue import permits from India to influential parties,who have allegedly been given advances by interested parties, insiders andofficials exclusively told. (BR 29 March )

* 13.6 bn blue eyed boy of TCP. A Rs13.6 billionscam is in the making as a lucrative tender to import 300,000 tons of sugar isbeing given under mysterious circumstances. (16th April)

* Ministry of Commerce cancelled a contract of aDubai based party and fortified $5,85,000 after it failed to provide 50,000 tonsof sugar in line with the agreement but instead of blacklisting it, within 12hour, (April 8), ministry bosses awarded a second $34 million contract to thesame party for sugar import at much higher rates.(19 April 2010 TN)

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* Rana Sanaullah and Sher Ali have been named in afinancial scam regarding the receipt of commissions of around Rs 65 millionfrom contractors working on bogus projects in Faisalabad. (April 20, 2010 DT)

* A lady dermatologist, who is the daughter of aPPP MNA from Multan and runs her private clinic, has been appointed asconsultant/adviser to the federal Health Ministry to play “her role in thefinalisation of the national health policy”. (22nd April 2010 TN)