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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the Railway officials about alleged embezzlement of Rs 40 billion in purchase of 150 locomotive engines within a fortnight, Dunya News reported. A 4-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case pertaining to billions of rupees corruption in Pakistan Railways. GM Railways told the court that of the 500 engines, 300 are standing static and of no use, seeking money to make them operative. Corruption is prevalent; whoever gets a chance makes hay while the sun shines, the CJP stated scathingly. You must have floated open tenders in the engine purchase bids, the CJ asked the GM Railways. On that the GM replied, we have only two companies that pre-qualified for the bids; adding that the services of 10 trains have been suspended due to loss. The case has been adjourned for two weeks.
