ISLAMABAD: Some officials of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) are awarding labour contracts of millions of rupees to their blue-eyed people by violating the rules of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). Sources told this scribe that OGDCL seismic-5 survey party is conducting a survey in Burewala, Punjab, under the supervision of Shaukat Ali. Sources also said that one official of the survey party also highlighted irregularities on the survey party chief’s behest and registered a complaint against him and others with the high-ups of OGDCL. The complainant, Adnan, alleged that the survey party chief hired labour from Sindh and are minting millions through bogus attendance, they added. Moreover, the complainant stated that the survey party chief had abducted him for filing a complaint on the issue, they added.

Source: Pakistan Today March 11, 2020 18:56 UTC