PHC stays road construction project

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday restrained the Executive Engineer Highway of the Fata Division from opening the tenders of road construction in the Bajaur Agency till the next order of the court. A two-member bench stayed the pre-qualification process for construction of roads. Justice Nisar Hussain Khan and Justice Muhammad Daud Khan were on the bench. Notices were issued to Chief Engineer of Works and Services Fata, Superintendent Engineer of Northern Communication and Works Fata Circle and Executive Engineer Highway Fata Division. They were directed to submit replies in the petition that had challenged the tenders for construction of roads. The bench stayed the construction of the roads in a writ petition of two construction companies including M/S Haji Alam Zeb and Sons.