"Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Accounts Committee has expressed dissatisfaction over the reports of corruption and poor performance of livestock and extension department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Accounts Committee has expressed
dissatisfaction over the reports of corruption and poor performance of
livestock and extension department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and directed the
department to further improve its performance and concentrate on research and
extension departments so as to enhance the livestock. The committee expressed
this observation in its meeting held here today under the chairmanship of
Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Karamatullah Khan. The meeting was also
attended by its other members Saqibullah Khan Chamkani , Fazal Shakoor, Malik
Tehmash Khan and Muhammad Zameen Khan beside Secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Assembly and Agriculture Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The committee took the
audit reports of livestock research and development Peshawar and its
sub-ordinate offices. The Committee took serious notice of the reports about
the embezzlement of four hundred feed bags at research centre D.I.Khan, after
threadbare discussions and deliberations the committee referred the matter to
anticorruption. The committee was informed that Rs. 2.46 millions has been
misplaced in this case. The Committee while terming this matter as serious
corruption directed the anticorruption department to finalize its probe within
one week and report to this effect should be presented to PAC. The committee
also directed the concerned department to forthwith handover all the relevant
record to the anticorruption department. The committee also expressed concern
over the reports of Nineteen lakh fifty thousand rupees corruption in the same
department at D.I.Khan. The committee decided to take stern action against the
responsible officers and officials. The PAC also ordered that Rs. 6 lakh and 61
thousand be recovered from the vice chancellor agriculture University Peshawar,
who reportedly draw house rent from treasury despite having official residence.
The committee termed the matter a violation of general financial and HEC rules.
The PAC directed to DG Audit Mr. Sikandar Khan to make a fresh audit of the
case. The Committee also showed its anger over the non deposit of Rs. 2 lakhs
in government treasury in the office of Dairy Development Station Paharpur Dera
Ismail Khan.The committee also ordered a fresh probe to the matter. The Speaker
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Karamatullah Khan while speaking on different
occasions, said that Public Accounts Committee being high powered government
body was endeavoring hard to make accountability of government departments on
various reported cases of financial irregularities and corruption. He said the
PAC also help the government departments in removing hurdles. He was of the
view that for good governance and providing maximum relief to the people the
accountability process should continue.
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