A commission appointed by the Supreme Court to hold forensic audit of Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute (PKLI) told the court that the actual approved contract of PKLI was Rs 13 billion and it was increased to Rs 19.05 billion. The chief justice, however, directed the commission to submit a complete report of forensic audit and asked the NAB to associate its two officials for the assistance of the commission.
The commission submitted in his report before the court which said that the government documents explained it to be Rs 19.50 billion and Infrastructure and development Authority Punjab (IDAP) was expecting it to be increased to Rs 23 billion.
The report said despite continuous delays and poor performance of IDAP, the PKLI kept paying money. The commission said the project department of the institute explained that most of the decisions were made at the chief minister's house and they were not invited to the meetings.
It further pointed out that contracts of Rs 8 billion were awarded to ZKB-Reliance JV, owned by Zahir Khan-an ex-member of PKLI board of governors. The same company was also involved in construction of metro bus service in Punjab, it added.
In its report, the commission also complained about non-cooperation of the officials working in the PKLI and urged the court to associate with it two investigators from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the purpose conducting complete forensic audit.