- PAC takes note of Khawaja Asif’s claims on bureaucrats.
- The Ministry of the Interior, division of the establishment, ordered to submit the list.
- Junaid Akbar is looking Details of the plots acquired by the bureaucrats.
Islamabad: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) took into account on Tuesday the Declaration of the Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif on the Pakistani bureaucrats buying properties in Portugal and led the Division of the Establishment and the Ministry of the Interior to immediately submit a list of all these officials, The news reported.
The Committee summoned officials from the Interior Ministry, the State Bank, the Federal Board of Return (FBR) and other institutions concerned for a briefing at the next meeting.
The committee, chaired by Junaid Akbar Khan, examined the objections of the audit of the Ministry of Religious Affairs for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Junaid ordered that the details of the plots acquired by the bureaucrats are obtained.
At the beginning, Junaid said that the committee intended to place on the agenda of its August 19 to answer questions from tax exemptions in the old Fata and Pata regions. Is concerned about the possible closure of public service stores, the committee decided to request a briefing on the issue at its next meeting.
The committee decided to convene the departments concerned at the next meeting. The committee also decided to hear the grievances of public services protest employees.
By examining the audit paragraph linked to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, audit officials informed the committee that a former assistant officer of the Muhammad Kaleem accounts in Djeddah, had diverted Rs12 million rupees. The objections were also linked to the same officer who, in 2019, deduced the assistant meal costs but did not pay the entrepreneur and diverted the funds from the Hajj protection fund.
Three other audit settings pointed out on Kaleem for having allegedly diverted 44.25 million rupees in total, while the same person was also involved in the diversion of RS21,141 million food charges deducted from Moavineen and embezzlement of RS3,456 million Rs of the well-being well-being. Total diversion amounted to 44.715 million rupees.
The officials informed the committee that the accused had obtained a Canadian visa beforehand and was currently in Canada.
The secretary’s religious affairs said that the ministry had rejected the service official, wrote to the FIA for the registration of a FIR and had asked if Interpol had been approached.
FIA officials said the man and his wife had been proclaimed offenders who now lived in the United States, without any files of their properties.
The Committee was informed that during the DG Hajj audit, Jeddah, for the 2018 FYS 2018-21, it was observed that an amount of RS12 million (SRLS271508.88) was delivered by the Office of Chief Délints Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad on August 24, 2021 due to regular monthly recovery for the month of the month, 2021.
The funding of funds were credited to the bank account of the General Management, maintained with the bank of Al Riyadh on August 28, 2021. However, the said amount was not considered as a receipt in the account in cash for the month of August 2021.
Rather, the amount was transferred by Muhammad Kaleem, AAO on August 29, 2021 to another bank account bearing n ° 163-12 862-9942 titled Madina Revenue Account, maintained with the same bank and, consequently, the total amount was transferred to the personal bank account of Muhammad Kaleem, AAO.
In addition, the officer falsified the banking declarations of the general management to hide the embezzlement of funds.
The audit is of the opinion that a diversion of RS12 million in the sending of funds led to a loss for the government chessboard. Junaid Akbar asked if an assistant accountant was involved in such acts, which DG Hajj was doing there.
Religious Affairs Secretary, Dr. ATT-UR-Rehman, told the committee that the ministry had asked the Interior Ministry and Interpol to issue a red mandate for the accused. Senator Afnanullah Khan noted that no red mandate had been issued or properties seized in this area.
The DG Hajj in Makkah explained that at the time there were three authorized signatories. One of them, the director of the time, had been transferred, but his banking identifier was not disabled, allowing the transaction. He said the system had since been tightened.
The ministry said that the accused is now residing in Canada and that recovery efforts were underway through its properties.
The Committee ordered that the details of the accused’s properties be obtained within one month. The chairman of the committee noticed that a large -scale fraud could not have been committed by one person and criticized the bad follow -up of the case.
The Committee ordered the secretary’s religious affairs to inform the committee in a month about the progress made in the case and to inform the country concerned of the accused’s criminal record. The Committee also discussed questions related to Hajj’s operation, as members asked for a list of all employees of different notes that were sent to Saudi Arabia to help pilgrims.
According to the secretary’s religious affairs, 1,700 staff members are deployed during the Hajj season, with 20% of quotas allocated to the police, while the rest of the positions are open.
Last year, 1,700 out of 64,000 candidates, including 350 18th year officers, were selected.
He said that an assistant had been assigned to 100 pilgrims in accordance with Saudi directives. The staff travel on service visas, which do not allow them to access Mina and Arafat.
Audit managers said that these staff members had been sent to help the pilgrims and not carry out the Hajj themselves.
The committee requested data on the number of judges, politicians and bureaucrats participated in the Hajj operation. The secretary said that all the supporting staff are employees of the government from 7th to 18th year, and last year, 130 members of the armed forces staff were also included.
Audit officials informed the irregularities committee, revealing that 49.8 million rupees (SAR 907,000) were paid in cash for a company for tents in Mina and Arafat for 615 people without receipt or file. The bill did not also have the signing of DG Hajj. The DG explained that the realities of the soil at Hajj were different and suggested exempting the HAJJ arrangements from the PPRA rules.
