Workshop on public procurement rules held

A workshop was held at a hotel here to train procurement officials of various Federal and Sindh governments on the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules 2004. Transparency International-Pakistan (TI-P) in collaboration with the PPRA and the office of the World Bank, Islamabad, conducted this workshop.
Executive Director, Saad Rashid, welcomed the guests at the start of the workshop. He explained the aims and objectives of TI-P and gave an overview of its activities. He emphasised on the correct application of the PPRA rules in all procurements in the country to eliminate corruption. Secretary for Environment and Alternate Energy, Mir Hussain Ali chaired the first session. He congratulated TI-P, PPRA and the World Bank for holding a workshop on such an important subject.-PR