A recent audit report by the Auditor General of Pakistan has uncovered shocking details of excessive spending by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on its former chairman and members. Despite the country’s economic woes, the PTA has been doling out millions in allowances to its former officials.
The audit report revealed that the PTA paid over Rs. 11 million (approximately $70,000) in unauthorized allowances to its former chairman and members in just one year. These payments included house rent, medical, and Eid allowances, as well as gratuity, utility, orderly, and expertise allowances. This lavish spending has raised eyebrows, especially given the country’s economic challenges.
The audit report exposed irregularities in the appointments and benefits of former officials. The former chairman and members were appointed on MP-1 and MP-2 scales and were not entitled to any benefits after their tenure ended. However, they received substantial payments, including Rs. 3.37 million in allowances, Rs. 3.3 million in gratuity payments, Rs. 2.87 million in Eid bonuses, and Rs. 1.4 million in expertise allowances.
The PTA’s response to the audit findings has been deemed unsatisfactory. The Auditor General’s report highlighted that the Ministry of Finance had issued a letter in July 2017 clarifying that officials on MP scales are only entitled to gratuity allowances after completing each year of their tenure. Despite this, the PTA wrongly paid gratuity allowances to former officials based on their base salary, instead of gross pay.
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What was his name? Maj Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa ?
The former Chairman should be taken to task that what he had given to the company and the country in the field of telecom? Further, why we wait for one year in audit and then disclose discrepancies why not we conduct half yearly or quarterly internal audit from third party so that at least this country’s resources can be saved. This is the time to remove all these so-called Chairman / CEOs / Heads from the organizations, otherwise the IMF would open branches in Pakistan and everyone would be getting loan from the IMF directly. Shame on such type of incompetent and incapable and resource-eaters Chairmen.
Pakistan zindabad…. 😅😅😅😅
as always trying to make something out of nothing, typical propakistani. garbage.
How come 70k dollars are equal to 11 million?
comment sy pehly check kr lety to ye sawal na krty
Isn’t it close to 19 Million? Or we considering old dollar rates?