LWMC corruption scandal: NAB reportedly gets evidences
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ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has collected certain evidence regarding alleged corruption in LWMC and an investigation would be launched soon.
According to the anti-graft watchdog, several international companies were given hefty contracts for waste collection and street cleaning by the Lahore Waster Management Company.
Anchorperson Kamran Shahid had earlier revealed that a single miscalculated and misjudged decision of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif led to 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. Despite spending millions on PMU, the project was dropped.
Following this, Shehbaz launched Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) and for doing so, rules were either disregarded or revoked while contracts were given on basis of sheer nepotism. Despite grave objections raised by special secretary finance and law, Shehbaz Sharif approved the summary in this regard.
