Islamabad: Federal audit reports found that the government spent Rs3,177 billion in supplementary grants during FY2024-25 without parliamentary approval, covering 92% of such grants for the year.
The audit reports for 2025-26 reviewed the federal government’s FY2024-25 accounts. They cited weak financial controls, budgetary irregularities, unapproved spending worth trillions of rupees and cases of embezzlement of public money.
According to reports shared with Pakistan’s local newspaper The News by a parliament source, the federal government obtained total supplementary grants of Rs3,454 billion during the year. The audit questioned compliance with constitutional and parliamentary requirements for public expenditure.
The reports said the government obtained Rs1,833 billion in supplementary grants for loan principal repayments without properly assessing actual requirements. They also found that authorities spent Rs187 billion beyond the final grant authorised by parliament
Federal entities sought Rs3,809 billion in budgetary allocations without proper need assessment, the audit reports said. Despite those demands, 115 cost centres failed to use Rs87 billion, while Rs41 billion in supplementary grants also remained unspent.
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The Auditor General also flagged an irregular transfer of Rs7 billion from the Federal Consolidated Fund to the Public Account. The reports said the transfer violated Article 78 of the Constitution.
The audit also found that Rs24 billion in unclaimed deposits from dead accounts had not been transferred to the government account. It cited missing debt and loss reports, absent fixed asset and liability registers, and gaps in General Provident Fund records.
The Auditor General said many federal entities lacked functional internal audit units. It also found that several organisations had not appointed Chief Internal Auditors, weakening internal oversight.
The reports identified two cases involving embezzlement, misappropriation of public money and fictitious payments. They also listed 82 recovery cases and 78 cases showing weak internal controls.
The Auditor General recommended sending serious embezzlement cases to investigation agencies for action. The findings are likely to renew scrutiny of fiscal discipline, parliamentary oversight and transparency in federal spending.
