Islamabad:The Special Committee of the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered strict action against officials involved in Purchasing of vehicles against rules and regulation as well as misuse of vehicles in defense ministry and its subordinate departments.
The committee has also directed National Highway Authority (NHA) to review the contracts with regard to collection of toll taxes at all highways and motorways.
Committee Chairman Riaz Pirzada chaired the committee meeting, which met here at Parliament house on Tuesday to review the financial irregularities in defense and communication ministries.
Communication Secretary Amar Khan told the committee that NHA is facing financial crunch, as Government has slashed its budget from Rs. 39 billion to Rs. 18.5 billion.
We have some differences with National Logistic Cell (NLC) and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) over some issue especially regarding collection of toll tax from different toll Plazas around the country, he said.
Communication Secretary Amar Khan remained silent when asked by committee why all the contracts to collect toll tax from toll Plazas were given to FWO.
During the meeting, audit authorities questioned that who will give the answer regarding audit reservations of those ministries who have been transferred to Provinces. The audit authorities adopted a stance that accountability of Government would be affected if action was not taken on these audit reports.
The committee directed the authorities concerned to write a letter to Chairman 18th amendment implementation commission Senator Main Raza Rabbani to seek his guidance on this issue.
The audit authorities informed the committee that some junior and incompetent officers are deputed at high level slots in different ministries and divisions due to which the performance of such departments are being affected badly.
The committee ordered to expedite Process to recover outstanding dues in communication and defense ministry, NHA, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
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