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| October 22, 2005 | Saturday | Ramzan 17, 1426 |
No donated tents sold
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Investigations into allegations of sale of donated tents at the Race Course Park in Rawalpindi as reported in Dawn on October 17 (Donated tents being sold?), have revealed that excess supply to a donor being cleared at cost price was misunderstood by story sources as donations being sold at the relief camp.
It has been found that a retired military officer ordered supply of 50 tents as his donation to the relief efforts but was delivered 100 tents. Instead of returning the excess supply of 50 tents, the donor asked his friends to sell the 50 extra tents to someone interested in contributing 50 tents to relief aid. These tents landed at the relief camp as a convenient delivery point and were confused with donated tents.
In-depth inquires by Dawn have revealed that the entire misunderstanding resulted from the relief camp being chosen as a convenient delivery point.
It has also transpired that the figure of 400 tents was also incorrect and the total number of tents to be cleared was 50.
The publication of the news story was followed by extensive investigations by all major intelligence agencies. These investigations were launched within hours of publication of the report and the findings were reported to the highest levels as inquires progressed. It is learnt that investigations were also completed on Thursday.
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