USC vows to maintain transparency

ISLAMABAD: The Utility Stores Corporation (USC) on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment to maintain transparency and quality in the sale and purchase of goods for the corporation.

The USC has formulated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the companies to ensure certification of ISO-9002 prior to supplying products to the USC stores, a USC official told APP.

Keeping the quality control was its top priority, the USC was engaging professionally qualified firms for quality test of the items, he added.

The official said the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) had issued show-cause notice to the corporation over issues of quality and matter was sub judice.

The USC has blacklisted the companies who had supplied substandard cooking oil to its stores by barring them of any business deal in the future.

The official said monitoring and evaluation teams are also sent to the stores to verify the complaints, adding that the complaint centre has also been established to address the consumers' grievances.