Pakistan, Jan. 15 -- Major opposition parties in National Assembly on Monday demanded an investigation into controversial award of contract for the construction of Rs 309 billion Mohmand Dam.
"There are now huge questions on financial transparency of the project," Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said in his address to the National Assembly.
Criticizing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, he asked the reason behind awarding the contract through single bidding. "PEPRA though allows single bid, the dam construction can take five to six years so why there was so urgency in awarding the contract," he said. The PTI government gave the contract after the process was started by the PML-N government, he said...