National Accounta
bility Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Monday soug
ht verification of complaints of alleged corruption, increase in estimated cost of the project
and delay in completion of the Trans-Peshawar Rapid Transport System (BRT).
The NAB chairman has ordered the NAB director general to probe why the estimated cost of the project had increased to Rs64 billion from initial estimates of Rs49.36 billion. He expressed shock at the excessive delay in the completion of the project
and directed the officials concerned to find out exact reasons for the upward revision of cost estimates. The NAB chairman said that the accounta
bility watchdog would continue playing its role in ensuring judi
cious use of public money and elimination of corruption as per law.
Published in Daily Times, July 3rd 2018.
