ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political AffairsNaeem-ul-Haq had announced, some weeks ago, that four helicopters and eightbuffaloes of precious breed will be auctioned soon.
Their auction is the part of the austerity drivelinkby PM Imran Khan. In this regard, the advertisement will soon be aired onstate-run TV channel PTV.——————————
Concerning helicopters, Federal Minister for Information and BroadcastingFawad Ahmed Chaudhry said that those helicopters would be given to acharity organization so that they could be used for welfare activities.Factually speaking, the charity institution has rejected taking them andusing them for the said purpose. It has indeed demanded Rs12 billion asgrant from the government instead.
Well, now it is quite evident that they are no more than scraplinkreal sense; resultantly, auction is the last resort. Also each penny countsso they should be sold to higesht bidder. Luckily, the government receivedan offer from a Pakistani who deals in AgustaWestland helicopters. The manhas offered the federal government to buy the choppers in whatevercondition they are in and has set a condition for this.
According to sources, he wants government to buy a brand new chopper anddeduce the value of these decade-old helicopters from the total price ofthe new one.
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Now keeping in view the prevailing trends and the value of the helicopters,this offer is not bad either. But the problem is that the law of the landdoes not allow the government to become part of any deal where transactionis done in something else than cash. Pakistan laws require the governmentto buy things in real money rather in any barter-like transaction.
Therefore, the person has been asked to buy the choppers and keep the“buying of new chopper” condition aside. With this, he does not seem to befascinated in buying them. Keeping everything aside, the government doeshave this option and might get many more once entries are called forauction.
