ISLAMABAD: The Special Committee of National Assembly’s Public
Accounts Committee while expressing annoyance over non-audit of Rs. 300
billion allocated under the head of Poverty alleviation funds and Ruler
Support Programmes has summoned complete record of both Programmes.
The
committee also convened list of retired and serving officers, working
in Poverty alleviation funds. The committee met under the
chairpersonship of Yasmeen Rehman to review the illegal agreement
struck between NGO and Ruler Support Programme worth Rs. 1.69 billion.
The
committee was informed that the said NGO was giving loan to people at
interest rate of 20 to 25 Percent and it is not ready for audit. The
audit authorities adopted a stance that schemes worth billion of rupees
were launched by National ruler support Programme and ruler support
programme network and there was no record with regard to utilization of
money. The committee was told that the bureaucracy was not ready to
lend list of serving officers working in the Programme.
The
audit authorities also disclosed that vehicles and Pet animals were
brought from the amount allocated for Poor people. The committee took
strict notice of the situation and also noted that Poverty was
increasing day by day in the country despite utilizing billion of
rupees. We would carry out audit of both Programmes at any cost, the
committee chairperson said. The committee directed economic affairs
division to give complete record with regard to Programmes, being run
under foreign funding, within 15 days. Online
