{"id":44505,"date":"2025-04-04T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?p=44505"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:00:50","slug":"peshawar-high-court-cancels-kp-health-depts-biased-multi-million-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/peshawar-high-court-cancels-kp-health-depts-biased-multi-million-tender\/","title":{"rendered":"Peshawar High Court Cancels KP Health Dept\u2019s Biased Multi-Million Tender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1478\">Peshawar High Court Nullifies Multi-Million Rupee Health Department Tender Over Bias and Lack of Transparency<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1683\">Peshawar: The Peshawar High Court has nullified a multimillion-rupee medicine procurement tender issued by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, declaring it biased and non-transparent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1845\">A two-member bench comprising Justice Arshad Ali and Justice Khurshid Iqbal issued the verdict while hearing a petition challenging the tendering process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2171\">Petitioner\u2019s counsel, Shumail Ahmad Butt, argued that the contract was awarded to Frontier Dextose Limited, a company that had previously been blacklisted for supplying fake and substandard medicines. He further claimed that procurement rules were deliberately manipulated to benefit the disqualified firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2288\">The court was presented with laboratory testing reports confirming the dubious reputation of the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2488\">After reviewing the arguments, the court ruled that a key clause was intentionally omitted from the tender criteria to favor the blacklisted company \u2014 a move deemed unlawful and unethical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2681\">The court has ordered the immediate cancellation of the tender and directed the Health Department to restart the procurement process with full transparency and fair competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2683\" data-end=\"2884\">The bench stressed that no corruption or favoritism will be tolerated in purchases made from public funds, adding that favoring blacklisted firms is tantamount to endangering human lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar High Court Nullifies Multi-Million Rupee Health Department Tender Over Bias and Lack of Transparency Peshawar: The Peshawar High Court has nullified a multimillion-rupee medicine procurement tender issued by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, declaring it biased and non-transparent. 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