Supreme Asks To Submit Details Of Contract Employess

Supreme Court has asked the Planning Commission to submit details of the contracts relating to the projects making Islamabad and Peshawar safe from security point of view.
The Apex Court bench headed by the Chief Justice Inftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the petition against ‘Safe City Projects’ filed by Shahid Orakzai here this morning. The petitioner has made a plea that transparent procedure was not adopted while finalizing these contracts.
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission told the court that the safe city projects’ plan was still in the phase of final approval.
The attorney of the interior ministry submitted that China was providing loan for this project. The court was also told that the project to make Islamabad safe would cost $7124 million.
The Chief Justice in his remarks said that the cities should be made safe, but there could not be made any compromise on the transparency of the project. A former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission had also opposed the safe city projects, he added.
Later, the court demanding details of the contracts adjourned the hearing of the case for four weeks.