Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The land record computerisation project in the federal capital has run into snags as the revised PC-1 of the project was pending with the Planning Commission for the last several months. It seems that the federal government is unwilling to complete this project even after the passing of seven years, said a senior official of the ICT administration on condition of anonymity. Only 33 Mouzas (revenue estates) out of the total 112 in Islamabad could be computerised so far under a joint project started in 2009 by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration and Ministry of Information and Technology.

The project was to be completed by 2013. The official said influential persons in the current government and the land mafia don’t want the project to be completed as it would close the doors of corruption. The Patwari mafia, he said, also don’t want computerisation of the revenue record but they have nothing to do with the project. 30 per cent work was completed when the federal government disassociated the IT ministry from the project last year and directed the district administration to complete it, he added. He said currently the project had been abandoned as the revised PC-I was pending with the Planning Commission.

The official said the original cost of the project was Rs 86.6 million which now, according to the unapproved PC-1, had reached Rs 151.6 million. According to Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR)Rabia Aurangzeb, the revised PC-1 of the project was with the Planning Commission and after its approval it would be completed within two years. She said the amendment procedure in law also pending with the Ministry of Law and Justice, was a requirement to issue computerised fard in those 33 moazas that were already computerised.