Supreme Court (SC) has declared that all expenditure from the public exchequer must be made in a transparent manner and each Rupee of such expenditure must be audited by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), to ensure compliance with law.
Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a verdict in the media commission case regarding usage of secret fund on Tuesday.
A 3-member bench of SC comprising Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan heard the case.
The petitioners had sought the abolition of Secret Service Funds which have purportedly been used by governments to buy the loyalty of journalists and other opinion-makers.
The SC in its verdict said that all expenditure from the public exchequer must be made in a transparent manner and each rupee of such expenditure must be audited by the Auditor general of Pakistan, to ensure compliance with law.