The Supreme Court of Pakistan directed the accountant general Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) to halt disbursement of funds allocated to former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed hearing on a suo moto notice against issuance of development funds by Ashraf for his constituency.
During proceedings, Additional Financial Secretary and Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi submitted complete record over development funds.
Sethi told the court that development funds worth Rs 47 billion were issued since June while funds of Rs 4 billion are still pending.
The CJ inquired on the transparency in issuance of the funds.
To this, Sethi said the government had no system to monitor distribution of funds.
The apex court said the procedure of issuance of funds should be transparent.
Later, the court issued notices to prime minister’s special secretary and the attorney general for not scrutinising the allocation of funds. The hearing was adjourned for ten days.