PAC seeks record of gifts received by PMs, army chiefs and judges
Pakistan
PAC seeks record of gifts received by PMs, army chiefs and judges
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday sought records of gifts received by the prime ministers, army chiefs and judges.
PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan has also summoned the records of last 10 years of Toshakhana.
He said that the record of gifts given to all persons including judges and bureaucrats should be presented and the Auditor General should present the record of gifts given to everyone including politicians.
The PAC chairman also sought the records of the gifts received by the Army Chiefs and Naval Chiefs.
Apart from this, records of gifts received by Chief Justice, MNAs, Senators, Chief Ministers and Governors have also been sought.
The committee while considering the audit report of 2019-20 pertaining to audit paras against Pak PWD, Estate Office and Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation, directed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to vacate possession of Shaheed-e-Millat secretariat building in 15 days period and submit the compliance report to the committee.
The committee also directed NAB to immediately pay dues to the Pak PWD failing which the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Frontier Constabulary (FC) and if needed Pakistan Army to initiate action to get vacate the building from NAB’s possession and recover amount of dues.
The committee also directed the Auditor General of Pakistan to stop payment of pensions to those retired officers who failed to vacate their official residence after their retirement and do not submit NOC.
The committee took strong exception to such official residences which were still under the use of retried officials and the Estate Office was helpless to get them vacated.
“I know, my file is with you, do whatever you want, I have faced Imran Khan for 3 years and will also face you, but you will have to vacate the building immediately,” said the PAC Chairman while talking to the NAB officials who were justifying the possession.
In another audit para regarding non-recovery of dues from the allottees of houses and shops all over Pakistan, the chairman directed Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries to get such houses, shops and petrol pumps vacated from allottees and to re-auction them according to the latest market value.
The committee also directed FIA to initiate legal proceedings against ministers, governors and officials involved on the allotment of government property at low rates.
