ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) will on Monday take up a petition challenging the Peshawar High Court’s verdict to probe the Peshawar Metro bus project. The PHC’s verdict has been challenged by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA). It may be noted that the PHC had ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to probe into alleged financial irregularities in the BRT Peshawar project. Earlier this week, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Shaukat Yousafzai had said that Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawar project would be completed by the end of March. Talking to media in Peshawar, the provincial information minister rejected reports of an increase in the cost of the BRT Peshawar, saying the total cost of BRT Peshawar project is Rs34 billion.

Source: Pakistan Today February 01, 2020 16:30 UTC