PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government does not want the Federal Investigation Agency to look into the alleged corruption and prolonged delays in the completion of the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
the KP Government on Tuesday challenged an order of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) regarding investigation into the alleged corruption and irregularities in BRT in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The Peshawar High Court had raised several questions about the project and given FIA 45 days to complete its investigation and submit a report. The verdict has now been challenged in the Supreme Court.
Besides Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government In order to stop the investigation, separate petitions have been filed in the registries of the Supreme Court in Islamabad and Peshawar by the Peshawar Development Authority and the provincial government, respectively.
Advocate Makhdoom Ali filed a plea in the Supreme Court’s registry in Islamabad.
Both petitions pleaded with the court to suspend the PHC’s order, and to prevent the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from investigation into the BRT project.
The petitions maintained that the PHC’s order was against the Law as the court did not properly review the facts.
The Supreme Court has been further asked to nullify the decision of the PHC and that the FIA should be stopped from further inquiry before the top court gives its ruling in the petitions.
The construction work on Peshawar metro bus project began in October 2017. A few months later, the KP government announced it would be completed in six months, followed by another announcement of its completion in one year.
However, even after more than two years, the project is yet to be completed.
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