Cricket grounds being outsourced as per law: DC clarifies.

ISLAMABAD -- Administrator, Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Irfan Nawaz Memon on Monday clarified that all the legal and codal formalities were being fulfilled to outsource six cricket grounds in the federal capital for their management, operations and maintenance.

Irfan Nawaz Memon who also holds the charge of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad said Expressions of Interest (EOI) were invited from the companies/firms registered with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), adding that the bidding process would commence from October 13.

He debunked the news appeared in some media section that the grounds auction was being done against the rules of federal apex agency, saying the outsourcing would be carried out purely on merit basis in light with directives of courts and in accordance with the CDA rules and regulations.

Talking to reporter, the MCI Administrator said all the grounds remained under illegal possession by certain individuals for the last many years that had been retrieved recently.

He claimed that the clubs were collecting fees by organizing matches on their own, but had spent nothing for maintenance on the grounds, hence it was decided to auction the grounds.

The collection of fee for usage of these pitches was being streamlined through calling of EOI to discourage misappropriation in fee collection as well as to to bring complete transparency in the affairs.

Memon said the use of cricket pitches in the grounds had never been free. The government charges an amount for the use of pitch in every match, adding that the...

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