Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has unearthed Rs 502 billion corruption and irregularities in several ministries and their subordinate departments.

According to audit documents available with Daily Times, the auditor general has disclosed that due to violation of rules, regulations, principle of propriety and probity in public operations national exchequer had to bear Rs 15.8 billion losses due to fraud. On the other hand, a loss of Rs 1.7 billion was reported due to embezzlement, thefts and misuse of public resources. Rs 257.5 billion were wasted due to accounting errors and weakness of internal control systems, ministries were deprived of Rs 210 billion and there were several cases in which ministries failed to recover their dues and made overpayments to various parties as a result of which Rs 14 billion were stuck.

The audit report of financial year 2014-15 revealed irregularities and corruption cases worth Rs 391 billion, Rs 26 million in aviation division, Rs 11.89 billion in Benazir Income Support Programme, Rs 112 million in Cabinet Division, Rs 41.139 million in Capital Administration Division, Rs 1.25 million in Election Commission, Rs 157.4 million in Establishment Division, Rs 3.37 billion in FATA Secretariat, Rs 54.8 million in the Education Ministry, Rs 1.39 billion in Higher Education Commission, Rs 170 million in the Interior Ministry, Rs 123.9 million in inter-provincial Coordination Ministry, Rs 30.7 million in Law Ministry, Rs 14.7 million in NAB, Rs 23.4 million in Planning and Development Ministry, Rs 15.5 million in petroleum Ministry, Rs 262 billion in Ports and Shipping Ministry, Rs 46 million in Privatization Commission, Rs 8.55 billion in Religious Affairs Ministry, Rs 37.5 million in Statistics Division and Rs 6 million in Water and Power Ministry.The report has been sent to the Public Accounts Committee for scrutiny and investigation.