Jinnah Square Underpass Collapse Triggers PAC Probe and Demand for Audit<\/p>\n
Nadeem Tanoli<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ISLAMABAD \u2013 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by MNA Junaid Akbar Khan, launched a review into the Jinnah Square Underpass, which reportedly collapsed just 72 days after completion. The incident raised concerns about construction quality and procedural compliance.<\/p>\n Committee members debated whether the project was rushed for political mileage. MNA Sanaullah Khan Masti Khel criticized the approach, while Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry defended the project, saying it followed international design standards and blamed the damage on SNGPL gas pipeline leakage. \u201cIf a project is delivered ahead of schedule, it deserves appreciation,\u201d said Chaudhry.<\/p>\n PAC members, including Umar Ayub and Sheikh Waqas Akram, called for a third-party audit. Officials confirmed that the structure sustained zero percent damage and that PPRA rules were followed. The committee, however, referred the matter to a subcommittee for deeper examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jinnah Square Underpass Collapse Triggers PAC Probe and Demand for Audit Nadeem Tanoli ISLAMABAD \u2013 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by MNA Junaid Akbar Khan, launched a review into the Jinnah Square Underpass, which reportedly collapsed just 72 days after completion. The incident raised concerns about construction quality and procedural compliance. Committee members debated …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[1384,1385,1380,1381,1325,1386,1382,1383,1387,588],"class_list":["post-3896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-constructionquality","tag-gasleakpakistan","tag-jinnahsquareunderpass","tag-pacinquiry","tag-pakistaninfrastructure","tag-politicalaccountability","tag-publicaccountscommittee","tag-talalchaudhry","tag-transparencyinpakistan","tag-urbandevelopment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3900,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}