Financial scrutiny short report flags billions in financial irregularities across federal bodies
Make us preferred on Google A man counts Pakistani rupee notes at a tender exchange shop in Peshawar, Pakistan September 12, 2023. — Reuters Auditors
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Financial scrutiny short report flags billions in financial irregularities across federal bodies
Make us preferred on Google A man counts Pakistani rupee notes at a tender exchange shop in Peshawar, Pakistan September 12, 2023. — Reuters Auditors question utilisation of Rs75bn allocated for progress. Rs1.92tr external loan liabilities remain unrecovered. Pemra questioned over Rs87m in unrecovered dues. ISLAMABAD: The Auditor Senior commander of Pakistan has identified widespread financial mismanagement in its 2025–26 audit of the central governing body’s civil accounts, uncovering billions of rupees in irregular expenditures, poor supervision, unrecovered receivables, and administrative lapses across ministries, divisions, and autonomous bodies.
The 399-page short report reveals that the Higher Learning Board recorded 31 paras, followed by the Commerce Progress Body of Pakistan (18), Government department of Food Protection (17), Government department of Science and Technology (16), National Heritage and Culture Division (12), Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (12), Pakistan Atomic Energy Board (12), Government department of National Wellbeing (11) and Learning Division (10), The News documented.
Other entities facing audit scrutiny include the Executive Division (2 paras), Communications Division (5), Legal defence team Division (5), Economic Affairs Division (2), Information Division (2), Inter-Provincial Coordination (8), Maritime Affairs (6), NAB (2), National School of General Directive (1), Planning Government department (1) and Religious Affairs (3).
One of the most significant observations concerns the Executive Division, where auditors questioned the utilisation of Rs75 billion allocated for federal and provincial progress schemes under the Long-term progress Goal Achievement Programme (SAP), commonly known as MPs’ schemes.
The audit observed that the Executive Division failed to obtain mandatory monthly progress reports and completion certificates from executing agencies. In the absence of scheme-wise and zone-wise figures, auditors stated they could not verify whether the allocation and utilisation of funds were consistent with the objective of balanced regional progress. Despite repeated audit queries, the Executive Division did not respond.
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