Installation of CCTV: NAB chief seeks report on Karachi Safe City Project

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, Wednesday sought a detailed report from Karachi Bureau of media report about attitude of the Sindh Department of Information Technology of not responding to the letters of NAB raising objections to installation of CCTV camera at different locations in Karachi under the Safe City Project.

The NAB chairman said no hurdle would be tolerated in installation of CCTV cameras at different locations in Karachi under the safe City Project, Karachi, but should follow all the legal course as well as it should be based on merit, transparent and under the rules and procedure.

According to Karachi NAB report, the Bureau has received the complaints of misuse of authority and violation of Sindh Procurement Regulatory Authority (Spra) rules in the Safe City Project, Karachi, and after the complaint verification process, the complaints were found correct.

After the complaint verification, NAB, through a letter on December 9, 2016, informed the Sindh Procurement Regulatory Authority that the tender for the feasibility and advisory services of Safe City Project was awarded in violation of law and rules, so it should be cancelled and new tender be issued under the laws of Sindh Procurement Regulatory Authority, and NAB also be given the implementation report.

Besides writing a letter to the Managing Director of the Sindh Procurement Regulatory Authority on September 9, 2016, the Karachi NAB also informed timely to the Secretary Information and Technology Sindh.