As per Sr.No.8 of the tender notice, security guards and supervisors were bonded to perform 12 hours’ duty a day. Total one supervisor and 126 security guards were required for outsourcing in 2016-17 but the demand was enhanced in 2018-19 from one supervisor to eight and 126 security guards to 250 whereas 133 security guards of the hospital were also deployed for the same job”. “A huge expenditure was paid in excess on the hiring of extra supervisors and security guards 1,734,600 on 7 supervisors and Rs28,569,600 on 124 security guards without any tangible reason. A minimum total of security guards staff for an ex-army man were also not provided for audit scrutiny,” the document added. The reply of the department was not tenable because the purchase procedure prescribed in PPRA rules not follow,” the report concludes.

Source: Pakistan Today February 04, 2020 15:56 UTC