An audit report by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has revealed a Rs. 161 million gap between travel vouchers issued and the expenditure officially reported by the National Assembly Secretariat over three financial years.
According to the AGP report, the Secretariat issued privilege travel vouchers worth Rs. 1.16 billion to Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) between 2021-22 and 2023-24. However, the Assembly’s management recorded only Rs. 1 billion as spent on voucher reimbursement and encashment during the same period.
The report describes this shortfall as “irregular and unauthorised,” highlighting weaknesses in the Secretariat’s internal financial controls. Audit officials noted that funds reimbursed by the State Bank of Pakistan and recorded by the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) were not properly reconciled against the vouchers issued.
In response, the Departmental Accounts Committee (DAC) met on January 31, 2025, and directed the Assembly’s management to reconcile all outstanding voucher encashment figures. The Secretariat was also asked to provide supporting documentation to the audit authorities.
When approached for comment, Secretariat officials declined to speak on the record. One anonymous source revealed that the reconciliation process is “underway but time-consuming” and that most unresolved cases involve MNAs from Sindh and Balochistan.
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