Tag: Funds

PAC seeks report on misuse of development funds

ISLAMABAD
Taking notice of alleged corruption in the utilisation of development funds for members of parliament, the Public Accounts Committee on Monday sought a report from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in on the matter.
The Public Accounts Committee met under Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to review audit objections to Pakistan Railways accounts and misuse of official vehicles by various government departments. The chairman of the prime minister's

Sindh govt stops funds for dengue cure

KARACHI
As the number of cases of the deadly mosquito-borne disease Dengue is on the rise, Health Minister Sindh Dr Sagheer Ahmed has warned that the number of cases this year is much higher than the total number registered in last three years, adding that the government needed to take an immediate notice of the situation.
The government, least interested, has stopped the release of the annually allocated Rs 20 million for the treatment and prevention of the disease and has

PHA funds embezzlement, accused to be made accountable

Anti-corruption department finds sufficient evidence against PHA officials
Audit report discovers financial irregularities amounting to Rs 52 million
LAHORE
The countdown starts as the anti-corruption department has decided to furnish maximum evidences against six high-ranking officials of Pakistan Horticulture Authority (PHA), involved in embezzlement of Rs. 52 million, on the next court hearing on October 20.
The six PHA officials allegedly issued advance payment

Sindh to take up PSDP funds’ blockade in CCI meeting

KARACHI
The Sindh government will take up the matter of financing the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) schemes worth Rs 277 billion in the upcoming meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) so that the vital projects could be completed on time, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday.
Sources said the Centre had withheld the funding of the PSDP 2010-11 in the province citing financial problems.
The provincial government has time and again approached the Ministry

Public depts in trouble as Finance Department blocks funds

LAHORE
Provincial departments are in deep financial trouble as the Punjab Finance Department has stopped funds, Pakistan Today learnt on Friday.
The departments, including Education, Health, Communication and Works, and Livestock are feeling the heat of financial crunch and have no option but to linger on payments to their contractors and halt all kind of development, sources said.
"Only salaries and pensions of government employees are being paid," an official of the