*ISLAMABAD: *Communications and Postal Service Minister Murad Saeed said onMonday that the launch of e-billing system would help the National HighwayAuthority (NHA) ensure transparency in its workings.
Addressing a ceremony after formally inaugurating the e-billing system atNHA, Murad Saeed said that e-billing system was part of the primeminister’s vision for ending the menace of corruption from all institutions.
“By launching the mobile application and now e-billing system, the NHA hasopened all its record for the general public and media,” he stated.
The minister said that the NHA mobile app was launched to provide necessaryinformation, particularly regarding projects’ implementation, execution andprogress.
He said that concrete proofs of kickbacks in NHA projects would be sent toNational Accountability Bureau (NAB), adding that the committee constitutedto probe loans received in the last 10 years could also seek data forinvestigation.
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He informed that the NHA generated Rs43.32 billion revenue during the firsteleven months of fiscal year 2018-19, as compared to Rs28.64 billion in2017-18, registering an increase of 51.25 per cent.
The ministry also recovered Rs7 billion during the said period anddeposited the amount to the national kitty, he added.
