April 05, 2007	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1428

KARACHI, April 4: The Port Qasim Authority (PQA), with the assistance of Transparency International-Pakistan, has developed a procurement manual to ensure transparency in port’s procurement procedures and tender documents to comply with the PPRA rules 2004.

The PQA Procurement Manual was launched on Wednesday at a ceremony held in the office of NAB Sindh.

The manual was presented to the PQA chairman vice admiral Asad Qureshi by Maj-Gen Mukhtar Ahmed, director-general NAB Sindh and Syed Adil Gilani, chairman, Transparency International Pakistan.

The procurement manual comprises all the standard bidding documents on procurement of works, goods and services, based on international standards, the World Bank, FIDIC and Pakistan Engineering Council duly amended to comply with transparent procedures, recommended by the National Accountability Bureau in the National anti-corruption strategy of 2002, and fully compliant to the Public Procurement Rules of 2004, says a press release.