Islamabad:
Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan ordered the National Highway Authority (NHA) on Friday to guarantee an integrated audit system, improve financial discipline and adopt fundamental changes aimed at transforming the organization into a profitable and autonomous institution with an annual income target of 500 billion rupees.
Chairing a high -level meeting at the NHA headquarters, the Minister expressed his satisfaction as to the unprecedented increase of 50 billion rupees of NHA’s own resources during the past year, which was described as a historic milestone, because the authority will continue to increase it each year, said a press release.
Khan said that the release of funds in the name of patchwork and repair is in the course of stopping because it is a cause of corruption. He said that now instead of repairing in pieces, a new road construction will be undertaken so that it can have long -term advantages and appropriate use of funds.
He said that a coordinated and uniform policy should also be implemented for “the grip” for the commercial use of the NHA land on both sides of the national motorways, which should be outsourced and examined every three months.
The Minister said that it was necessary for the NHA to build its structure on the model of the business sector, to take help from the private sector for qualified and professional experts and to offer them attractive plans. He said that the performance of NHA officers should be assessed according to the objectives given and that those who achieve objectives will receive cash incentives.
