The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has officially launched the pilot phase of Pakistan’s first E-Disposal Module, part of the broader e-Pak Acquisition and Disposal System (EPADS). This initiative represents a major step forward in modernizing and digitizing public procurement and asset disposal in the country.
The system was formally inaugurated by PPRA Managing Director Hasnat Ahmed Qureshi during a ceremony at the Project Management Unit (PMU) EPADS in Islamabad.
The E-Disposal Module is designed to simplify the process of disposing of government-owned assets and support the privatization process in a transparent, efficient manner.
Pilot Phase Details
The pilot rollout has begun with Pakistan Customs and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. These two institutions will start mandatory use of the system from July 1, 2025, with a full rollout across all federal agencies expected by December 2025.
To support the implementation, a three-day training session was held for Master Trainers, with 26 officials from both institutions participating. The session aimed to build capacity and ensure smooth adoption of the new platform.
Leadership Remarks
During the launch, MD PPRA Hasnat Ahmed Qureshi praised the PMU team for their efforts and encouraged users to provide meaningful feedback to help improve the system ahead of its wider adoption. He emphasized the importance of this feedback in optimizing the platform for nationwide use.
Qureshi also noted that the EPADS platform is already live across more than 8,000 federal and provincial agencies, connecting over 32,000 registered suppliers. In the fiscal year 2024–25, procurements totaling Rs. 748 billion were completed through EPADS, with an additional Rs. 2,602 billion currently in progress.
Other notable attendees included Project Director Sheikh Afzaal Raza and Senior Specialist Atique Sultan Raja, along with their respective teams.
Our Opinion
Digitizing the disposal of government assets is one of the more genuinely useful kinds of e-governance reform, since a transparent, auditable disposal record is harder to game than one buried in paper files — but a pilot running through only two institutions, with a Rs2,602 billion backlog still “in progress,” means the real test of this system’s value will be whether the eventual rollout to all 8,000-plus federal and provincial agencies happens on the stated December 2025 timeline rather than slipping the way many pilot-to-national-rollout plans do.
