ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has collected certainevidence regarding alleged corruption in LWMC and an investigation would belaunched soon.
According to the anti-graft watchdog, several international companies weregiven hefty contracts for waste collection and street cleaning by theLahore Waster Management Company.
Anchorperson Kamran Shahid had earlier revealed that a single miscalculatedand misjudged decision of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif ledto a loss of Rs45 billion.
Back then in 2008, Shehbaz Sharif constituted Project Management Unit (PMU)aimed at plummeting garbage level to zero by ensuring minimum pollution.The whole programme was dubbed as Zero Pollution Zero Garbage. Despitespending millions on PMU, the project was dropped.
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Following this, Shehbaz launched Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) andfor doing so, rules were either disregarded or revoked while contracts weregiven on basis of sheer nepotism. Despite grave objections raised byspecial secretary finance and law, Shehbaz Sharif approved the summary inthis regard.
