FAILURES OF MILITARY ORGANISATIONS IN PRIVATE SECTOR IN PAKISTAN

FAILURES OF MILITARY ORGANISATIONS IN PRIVATE SECTOR IN PAKISTAN

A.H Amin

1-NLC was given Pindi Kharian Roads one two lane portion without bidding on rates of their own choosing.the other two lanes were given to J & P by bidding.J & P completed the work in two years time and NLC did it more than SIX years late.No one asked NLC for being late and all the work on this road was sub contracted to civilian construction companies.

2-FWO was fourth highest bidder in makran coastal highway but got the project illegally when musharraf came in power while the actual company which was lowest and was awarded was SK & B initially.Once FWO got this highway it again sub contracted it to civilian conractor companies.

3-FWO did not have the capability to make a single bridge in the KKH (Silk Road) .All bridges were made by chinese in between Thakot and Khunjerab.

4-The Punjab Government in 1997-99 gave city roads to FWO in Faisalabad and Lahore.FWO sub contracted these to civilian comapnies at rates 20 % to 30 % lower.Thus government contracts were awarded without bidding to FWO and at 20 to 30 % loss.Such direct awards are a clear cut violation of all government rules but who cares in the pure Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

5-Now the Punjab Government has awarded Pindi Elevated Expresway to FWO without bidding and at 30 % higher rates tha any civilian comoany and FWO will make profit by sub contracting to civilian contractors.Above all FWO does not have the expertise to do such a specialised project.Such direct awards are a clear cut violation of all government rules but who cares in the pure Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

6-In 1991 the Government of Pakistan advertised the tender for Lahore Islamabad Motorway.Many international companies were interested.Before the date of submission of the motorway tender the Government of Pakistan published a supplement in Financial Times London that it had awarded the Lahore Islamabad Motorway to Daewoo Korea.

Anything goes in Pakistan !