Meanwhile, Senator Ahmed Khan said that the NHA was not being paid its dues in full by the finance ministry. NHA Chairman Rafiq Malik said that the government gets roads constructed through the NHA, but the authority is not paid and instead informed about receivables. The officials of the finance ministry said that the NHA has collected only Rs100 billion in terms of taxes. The NHA chairman said that the authority’s revenue sources are toll tax, right of way and tenders fee. The NHA chairman warned that if NHA labourers, totaling around 125,000 in number, were not paid, they might resort to closing down the highways.

Source: The Express Tribune April 12, 2019 19:07 UTC