ISLAMABAD: An inquiry committee, formed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to investigate irregularities in the Rs170 billion Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Carec) project, has submitted its report, with a decision expected within this week.

A source in the Prime Minister’s Office told Dawn that the findings had been submitted to the premier in a sealed envelope, who is likely to decide the fate of the probe in “a day or so”.

In August, the PM had suspended eight senior Nat­ional Highway Authority (NHA) officials and for­med a committee to probe irregularities in the award of the contract, including ghost tendering, by the authority.

The inquiry committee included retired federal secretary Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed as its........

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