Detecting corruption: Embezzlement worth
Rs60.32m detected in G-B
ISLAMABAD:
The Public Accounts Committee of
Gilgit-Baltistan (PAC G-B) has detected embezzlement cases worth Rs60.32
million in different departments of the area from January 2010 to October 2012.
“The Gilgit-Baltistan government is trying to recover the embezzled amount,”
PAC G-B Chairman Syed Raziuddin Rizvi
said on Saturday. He added that from 1997 to October 2010 the Public
Accounts Committee was the domain of the federal government adding that during
the period, the federal PAC had also detected embezzlement worth Rs421.1
million in different departments of G-B.
Rizvi said that
Food and Agriculture, Public Works Department and Education were the major
departments in G-B where the cases of embezzlement were being reported from. He
said five members are elected representatives of G-B Legislative Assembly,
while auditor general of Pakistan, accountant general of Pakistan, minister for
finance, secretary finance and planning G-B are also part of the PAC
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