Initiated in 2014 the AshianaIqbal Project could not be completed mainly because an illegal award increased the cost, if the project is initiated now the increased cost of Rs. 40 billion will be borne either by the applicants or by the govt. As Director General (DG) of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) from 2013 to 2016 Ahad Khan Cheema was also a Board Member of Punjab Land Development Corporation (PLDC). In a meeting on Oct 21, 2014 Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif ordered that the Ashiana-lqbal project be transferred from PLDC to DG LDA. This decision had no rationale as according to law only PLDC's Board was competent to carry out its projects like Ashiana-lqbal Schemes. Why was the PLDC Board bypassed to process Ashiana Scheme at LDA? It is evident the project was put under a "one-man show" under Ahad Cheema so as to accommodate a favorite bidder, incidentally a proxy company of Paragon. The project was shifted to LDA under the garb of "planning and design", however record proves that DG LDA conducted the bidding and issued letter of award to a favorite bidder. Once this was done the project was transferred back to PLDC.
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