The laptops of the laptop scam were damaged in large numbers.
In this regard, the documents of the Standing Committee on Finance revealed that the laptops that were not distributed to the students were left lying around.
According to the documents, 44 laptops worth lakhs of rupees in the stock of the laptop scheme have become completely unusable while 262 laptops worth crores of rupees are damaged and need to be repaired.
According to the documents, 4 phases of the laptop scheme were launched from 2011 to 2017, 4 lakh 26 thousand 275 laptops were purchased for the four phases.
According to the documents, in 2018, during the PTI regime, the distribution of laptops to students was banned
Leftover laptops were distributed to different departments as needed at different times.
3600 laptops left over in the first 3 phases were given to e-employment centers while 100 laptops were sanctioned to Emerson College Multan and 8000 laptops were given to rural centers to the Mal Revenue Department.
According to the documents, 30 laptops were given to DPI colleges and higher education departments, and 2263 laptops were given to public sector colleges for computer lab upgradation.
400 laptops of phase three were given to Kashmiri students while 300 laptops of phase four were given to Gilgit-Baltistan government and 250 laptops were given to the National School of Public Policy Lahore.
