Islamabad: AGP audit irregularities were highest in the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control, which recorded 65 audit paras in a 399-page report.
The Auditor General of Pakistan’s report identified financial irregularities, non-recoveries and procedural violations across several federal ministries and departments.
The Higher Education Commission followed with 31 audit paras, while the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan had 18. The Ministry of National Food Security and Research had 17.
Auditors said the interior ministry failed to recover Rs22 million in annual renewal fees and penalties linked to no-objection certificates for armoured vehicles.
The AG report also cited non-recovery of Rs27 million in annual renewal fees from private security companies.
According to the audit, receipts from 3,421 arms licences worth Rs56 million were not deposited into the government treasury.
Auditors also questioned the conversion of manual arms licenses to computerised licenses and flagged discrepancies in data on prohibited-bore weapons.
The report questioned the revised driving licence fees and rules issued by the Islamabad Chief Commissioner’s Office without the Finance Division’s approval.
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It also cited a Rs40 million UNICEF grant for a child labour survey, saying records for funds, bank accounts, expenditure and utilisation were not produced for audit.
Meanwhile, auditors objected to stamp papers worth Rs290 million issued to cancelled vendors by the ICT Land Revenue Department.
The report also questioned Rs1.2 billion spent by the Anti-Narcotics Force on overhauling two helicopters without open competitive bidding and recommended an inquiry.
Qadir Yar Tiwana, director general of media at the interior ministry, did not respond to a request for comment by the time of the filing.
