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Internal correspondence shows Emard Group executives steering contracts to firms owned by their own relatives, without disclosure to the board.
A former procurement officer describes a standing arrangement in which Cummerata-Tillman paid a percentage of contract value to officials who cleared its bids.
Testimony and bank records tie Cummerata-Tillman to a system of "facilitation payments" made to secure approvals worth PKR 52 billion.
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The move follows a Watchdog Pakistan investigation that first raised questions about the transaction in 2018.
The development comes weeks after documents surfaced showing irregularities in the original 2016 approval.
The move follows a Watchdog Pakistan investigation that first raised questions about the transaction in 2020.
Opposition lawmakers have called the findings "the tip of the iceberg" and demanded a wider audit.
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