ISLAMABAD
\nPublic Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed displeasure with National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over \u2018leisurely\u2019 progress on mega corruption cases.
\nAccording to details, PAC\u2019s meeting, with Noor Alam Khan in chair, discussed the audit report and objections of the National Food Security ministry\u2019s Fiscal Year 2021\/22.
\nSecretary to the Ministry of National Food Security, Chairman PARC, Auditor General of Pakistan and other officials attended the meeting.
\nAt the outset, Secretary to Ministry of National Food Security told committee ministry\u2019s basic problem was lack of financial resources. Secretary said less than one percent of ministry\u2019s total budget was allocated for research purposes. Chairman Committee acquired record of research conducted in Cotton\u2019s field for last ten years.
\nDuring the meeting, audit officials told committee that rules and regulations were allegedly violated by the National Academy of Professional Artists\u2019 officials. To this, officials from the academy told meeting that funds are always invested by the board. Academy is run through its own code of conduct. Committee members on this ordered an inquiry of the whole matter and directed to share record with the National Assembly body.
\nChairman Committee told members that he had acquired details of all accords done with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and officials from the Ministry of Finance will brief the committee in upcoming meetings.
\nDuring the meeting, the Chairman observed that PAC has identified financial malpractices of billions of rupees but the culprits get away with \u2018judicial relief\u2019. He expressed displeasure over NAB\u2019s performance and said that the anti-graft body wasn\u2019t performing its duties timely and efficiently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed displeasure with National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over \u2018leisurely\u2019 progress on mega corruption cases. According to details, PAC\u2019s meeting, with Noor Alam Khan in chair, discussed the audit report and objections of the National Food Security ministry\u2019s Fiscal Year 2021\/22. Secretary to the Ministry of National Food Security, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-322402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n