Scanners bought for KP never delivered, claims Mazari

ISLAMABAD: Central Information Secretary Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday accused the government of once again denying the smaller provinces their rights, including security.
She said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) had been at the forefront of the war on terror, suffering great human loss as well as in terms of investment and development.Mazari recalled in a statement here that in April 2014, the prime minister in a meeting with interior ministry had okayed the purchase of four scanners for security purposes from China specifically for KP. It was Rs1 billion project. A provincial official was made part of the team that went to China. Two scanners arrived as a test/pilot project later in the year but instead of being given to KP, one was given to Sindh and the other one was deployed in Islamabad.
The remaining two scanners also arrived in Islamabad during the PTI Dharna and as a result the PM stopped KP receiving those scanners as well. Instead, they are lying unused with the federal government.Mazari said this was shameful and the federal government must be held accountable for this act of victimisation.