Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) is a Pakistani major appliances and electrical equipment manufacturer headquartered in Lahore.
The former includes manufacturing of power transformers and energy meters, while the latter division assembles and distributes home appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners.
In February 2018, the World Bank imposed a 33-month debarment on PEL, its affiliates PEL Marketing, Kohinoor Power Company, and its former general manager, Abdul Waheed Butt, for engaging in collusive practices during bidding on World Bank-financed electricity distribution and transmission improvement projects in Pakistan.
[5][6] As part of Negotiated Resolution Agreements, PEL and Butt acknowledged their roles in the misconduct and agreed to comply with specified corporate compliance conditions for release from debarment.
An investigation by the World Bank's Integrity Vice Presidency found that PEL was part of a trade association that conspired to allocate predetermined shares of five contracts by deciding winners in advance and coordinating bid prices; Butt chaired meetings that distributed at least two of these contracts among group members.