Ensuring transparency
\n\u201cThey will audit all incoming and outgoing funds and where and how money is spent,\u201d PM Shehbaz Sharif says
\nIslamabad
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday announced that the federal government has decided to get the PM Flood Relief Fund audited by the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) and a private audit firm of global standing.
\nTaking to Twitter, the prime minister said that the decision was made as he made a commitment to ensure transparency.
\n\u201cThey will audit all the incoming and outgoing funds and where and how the money is spent,\u201d wrote PM Shehbaz.
\nHe further said that the audit reports will be made public.
\nThe prime minister established a relief fund last month to help the people affected by the floods and appealed to the public to contribute.
\nThe prime minister also expressed gratitude to Chinese President Xi Jinping for increasing his country\u2019s assistance package from the initial RMB100 million to RMB400 million for the people affected by floods.
\n\u201cThis is a reflection of our unique bond of friendship,\u201d said the premier, adding that this support will help provide much-needed relief to the people.
\nEarlier today, Pakistan vowed to bring back \u201cnormalcy\u201d and provide relief to the affected people after deadly floods killed more than 1,200 and destroyed millions of homes.
\nIn a press conference at the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre, Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal called on the international community to support Pakistan and assured the nation that the government \u2014 supported by its functionaries \u2014 would leave \u201cno stone unturned\u201d to bring normalcy back at the earliest possible time.
\nThe planning minister also called on the international community to ensure that their resolve for support to Pakistan remains undeterred as the scale of the disaster warrants a major humanitarian response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ensuring transparency \u201cThey will audit all incoming and outgoing funds and where and how money is spent,\u201d PM Shehbaz Sharif says Islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday announced that the federal government has decided to get the PM Flood Relief Fund audited by the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) and a private audit firm of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10478,10303,5822,10477],"class_list":{"0":"post-281321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-audited","9":"tag-pm-flood-relief-fund","10":"tag-pm-shehbaz-sharif","11":"tag-private-firm"},"yoast_head":"\n