PC FUNCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PC ORDINANCE 2000-PC Spokesman

Islamabad, May 23, 2007

Referring to reports regarding Public Accounts Committee (PAC) discussion on the Accounts & Audit Reports of the Ministry of Industries, Production & Special Initiatives, carried by a section of the press, a spokesman of the Privatisation Commission has clarified that all privatisation transactions were being carried out by the Privatisation Commission (PC) in accordance with the Privatisation Commission Ordinance 2000 and the rules & regulations laid down there under.

He said that far from sale at throwaway prices every asset is sold through open, fair and transparent competitive process under which sales proceeds of the assets were maximized after valuation in accordance with universally established standards, he concluded.