{"id":10854,"date":"2026-05-20T04:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:38:22","slug":"e-gate-project-ppra-initiates-probe-into-award-of-rs20bn-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/2026\/05\/20\/e-gate-project-ppra-initiates-probe-into-award-of-rs20bn-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Gate project: PPRA initiates probe into award of Rs20bn contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published\u00a0May 20, 2026\u00a0\u00a0Updated\u00a0about 7 hours ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10855\" style=\"width:798px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has initiated a probe into the award of a Rs20 billion E-Gate project contract by the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) following a complaint filed by Transparency International Pakistan (TIP).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a letter issued by PPRA\u2019s Deputy Director-IV (M&amp;E), Dr Asim J Abro, to the Deputy Director of PAA, the Authority has taken cognizance of TIP\u2019s complaint dated April 27, 2026, which alleges violations of Rule 42(f) of the Public Procurement Rules, 2004, in the award of the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PPRA stated that the complaint is under examination and has sought detailed information from PAA. The Authority has directed the Deputy Director\/OIC EPADS Cell, PAA Karachi, to provide: (i) justification and supporting documents for invoking Rule 42(f), including reasons for treating the project as time-sensitive and in the public interest; (ii) status of the procurement, including whether the Letter of Award (LoA) has been issued and the contract formally awarded; (iii) complete details of the selected firm, along with documents establishing its status as a state-owned entity (SOE); (iv) the mechanism used to determine price reasonability; (v) disclosure of beneficial ownership in line with the Public Procurement Contract Award Regulations, 2022; and (vi) details and evidence of the performance guarantee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published\u00a0May 20, 2026\u00a0\u00a0Updated\u00a0about 7 hours ago ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has initiated a probe into the award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-10854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-recorder","tag-business-recorder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10856,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854\/revisions\/10856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alacpakistan.com\/event2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}