[Zain Abbass]

Corruption Watch Thread:

This thread will be used to document and record all corruption in the country that we can possibly gather. If we can confirm our suspicions we will add their names to the list on this first post.

Corruption List:

Polticians:
Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi - Posts Number 2 and 3

Color Key:
Blue - Pakistan Peoples Party

[Zain Abbass]

The first person I want to put in this thread is this moron!

Name: Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi
Party Affliation: Pakistan Peoples Party
Position: Federal Minister of Ministry of Defence Production

Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi was born on November 13, 1960 in Jatoi, Punjab. He was elected as MNA for his fourth term. He is politically affiliated with PPPP.

He has previously served as Chairman Town Committee of Muzaffargarh from 1979-1993, and has been elected MNA for the terms of 1990-1993 and 1993-1996. An agriculturist and businessman by profession, he completed a Masters degree in Political Science from University of the Punjab in 1988.

Married with a son and three daughters, he has travelled to USA, U.K, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, China, France, Malaysia and Germany. His hobbies include reading, badminton and tennis.

59. A Muzaffargarh House
Zakriya Town
University Road, Multan

Phone No(res): 06906-591777
Mobile No: 0300-6323239

[Zain Abbass]

Well we can certainly put that moron onto the list since he has admitted his guilt.

[Nasir A Khan]

Zain Abbass, on 05 December 2009 - 02:01 AM, said:

The first person I want to put in this thread is this moron!

Name: Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi
Party Affliation: Pakistan Peoples Party
Position: Federal Minister of Ministry of Defence Production

Corruption par Hamara Haq hai.... ...He is at least sincere admitting being corrupt.

[Nasir A Khan]

Zain Abbass, on 05 December 2009 - 07:36 AM, said:

Well we can certainly put that moron onto the list since he has admitted his guilt.

The point he is making sounds good. Every one from any party,should be trailed if they want to serve Pakistan He might have given inside information if he was not interrupted continuously

[Zain Abbass]

Musharraf stopped probes, says ex-chief of NAB
By Khaleeq Kiani
Sunday, 06 Dec, 2009

ISLAMABAD: The much-trumpeted accountability process started by former President Pervez Musharraf with a stated aim to rid the country of corrupt politicians and businesses became victim of the military ruler’s own doings when, in order to prolong his stay in power, he repeatedly intervened in the last years of his rule to prevent action against some leading politicians and political families, including not only his supporters and allies like the Chaudhrys of Gujrat but also major opposition families like the Sharifs and Bhuttos. As if this were not enough, both General Musharraf and his handpicked prime minister Shaukat Aziz often stood in the way of anti-corruption proceedings against some highly controversial businessmen and big businesses on the excuse that such actions could discourage ‘economic progress’.

These revelations have been made by a highly respected retired army general and former head of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) who was unceremoniously removed from his position more than two years ago, but has now decided to speak his heart out on the expiry of the period that prevented him from discussing service matters.

Lt.-Gen (retd) Shahid Aziz who, after having served as Chief of General Staff (CGS) and Corps Commdander under Gen Musharraf, was appointed Chairman of NAB, believes had he and the accountability bureau been given an opportunity to proceed against corrupt politicians and their cronies, the future of the country would have been secured.

Gen (retd) Aziz, who now lives outside Islamabad on his farm in the foothills of Murree, agreed to speak to Dawn as he believes the truth needs to be told about the manner in which the entire anti-corruption process was sacrificed to expediency.

He said that initially he resisted pressure to hand over the lists of politicians being probed by the Nab for political use in the 2007 elections, but later a standing committee of the parliament ordered Nab to part with the lists. When he again showed reluctance, Shahid Aziz added, Lt-Gen Hamid Javed tried to convince him not to disobey the parliamentary committee.

The former Nab chief’s response was that he could not hand over the lists to any forum or a government institution unless the investigations reached final stage, except to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Instead, he issued an order that investigations against all politicians had been stopped for four months of electioneering and would restart after the elections.

He said he was appointed as Nab chairman with a pre-condition that he would not open old cases against politicians and other prominent people and was pressured into formally closing down cases against politicians supporting General Musharraf.

The seven-point agenda soon turned into a one-point agenda of strengthening the economy even if it meant ignoring or shelving corruption cases by holders of public offices or their cronies.

In an interview with Dawn, the retired general mentioned a number of big names, Benazir Bhutto, Chaudhrys of Gujrat, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Faisal Saleh Hayat, Malik Riaz Hussain of Bahria Town, oil companies, sugar millers and many others, whose cases could not be taken to the logical end because of pressure coming directly from General Musharraf and his office.

And, finally it was pressure from the Presidency to close down cases against Benazir Bhutto under the influence of foreign powers that he had to resign unceremoniously, leaving his four-year tenure of Nab chairman in 18 months.

‘I was told repeatedly not to create problems and not to destabilise the government, otherwise the system would collapse. They (the president and his team) gave a strange logic that corruption and economic development go hand in hand,’ said Shahid Aziz.

‘If you stop corruption, there will be no development. If ministers and politicians are not given personal benefits in contracts, why would they pursue development schemes? They have to be given personal incentives…contracts to their sons and kins,’ he quoted Khalid Maqbool, a former Nab chairman, as trying to convince him.

The retired general recalled he faced the ‘worst-ever pressure’ from the president and his team to close down cases against Benazir Bhutto because foreign powers, led by the United Kingdon and the US, were working on a patch-up between Pervez Musharraf and BB.

After a lot of discussions on the subject, Shahid Aziz reminisced, one day presidential aide Tariq Aziz ‘called me to say that the President had decided to close cases against BB and has asked you to make this happen. I refused and said I would better resign than closing these cases’.

‘Tariq Aziz called me up again to say that we have discussed and decided that if you don’t close the cases, you can resign. I asked who these ‘we’ who have decided so are.

Tariq Aziz said, Tariq Aziz, Gen Hamid Javed and Gen Kiyani (the then ISI chief). He, however requested that instead of destabilising the government through resignation, you (Gen Aziz) should go on a two-month leave on medical grounds and then resign.

’I obliged and tendered resignation on May 4, 2007, to be effective from July 4, 2007.’

He said he was also pressured to terminate the contracts of lawyers in the BB cases, but was helped by the then attorney general Makhdoom Ali Khan to draft a letter to change the lawyer’s contract instead of their termination.

He said he was repeatedly asked by President Musharraf personally to formally close down cases against Chaudhrys and not to open cases against Faisal Saleh Hayat.

He said he declined to close cases against Chaudhrys but did not pursue them either.

He said when he put the name of Malik Riaz Hussain (of Bahria Town) in the exit control list while investigating a forest land case, he had to face bitter arguments with President Musharraf to take out Malik’s name from the ECL.

‘As President of Pakistan, I give my personal guarantee that he (Malik Riaz) would not run away. Isn’t a personal guarantee of the President of Pakistan sufficient to satisfy you’, he quoted Musharraf as saying.

Malik’s name was pulled out of the ECL subsequently, he said.

He said he tried to collect and record evidence in pending cases against Nawaz Sharif. He was stopped by the President and his team from investigations, saying these cases had been settled and he had to concede.

He said although he was given a firm commitment that he would be free to investigate new corruption cases instead of opening old cases, he was stopped from pursuing even new corruption cases and specifically mentioned sugar, oil, telecom and banking sector where he was not allowed to investigate.

He said he had to stop investigations into the sugar prices scandal after preliminary investigations because Musharraf had been made to believe that sugar would disappear from the market if investigations continued and that would create problems for the government.

He said he had to issue a statement as chairman of Nab that investigations into the sugar scam had been stopped on the government request on the grounds of sugar disappearance but also mentioned that NAB did not agree to this argument. Tariq Aziz, he said called up to say that he had unnecessarily embarrassed the government.

He said when Nab was investigating into the oil pricing scandal, the then prime minister Shaukat Aziz called him to his office and said ‘the government of Pakistan has decided to stop investigations into the oil pricing issue. I said, Sir, as per powers given under the NAB law, my institution has decided to investigate the case. The PM in a threatening tone said, think again’.

He claimed that PM Aziz, his economic team and Abdullah Yousaf were all responsible for corruption and wrongdoings in the oil pricing.

He said NAB’s efforts to probe into telecom and banking sector transactions were foiled by Prime Minister Aziz because he had interests in these sectors. He said he was also not allowed to probe into the 2005 stock exchange crisis.

Explaining he said the law did not allow NAB to start investigations in the financial and banking sector unless requested by the State Bank of Pakistan that was under the direct influence of PM Aziz.

[Zain Abbass]

‘EC refused to move against Benazir, Zardari despite pressure’
By Iftikhar A. Khan & Khaleeq Kiani
Wednesday, 09 Dec, 2009

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) urged the Election Commission in late 2005 to take action against the-then PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, and her spouse Asif Ali Zardari for allegedly providing false information about their assets, but the EC refused to become a party.

This was disclosed by former secretary of the Election Commission, Kanwar Mohammad Dilshad, while talking to Dawn on Tuesday.

Mr Dilshad said some hawks in the NAB wanted the EC to register cases against the couple for alleged corrupt practices but were told that under the relevant laws and rules only an individual could approach courts to challenge the veracity of statements of assets and liabilities which at that time were submitted with returning officers concerned by the prospective candidates.

He said the NAB provided voluminous record, spread over more than 200 pages, to show disparity between the statements of assets submitted by Ms Bhutto and Mr Zardari before 1993 and 1997 general elections, and the record available with the bureau.

[Zain Abbass]

SC asks NAB for details of Swiss bank accounts
Wednesday, 09 Dec, 2009

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau to submit all relevant details of the Swiss bank accounts of US$60 million and US $1.5 billion.

A 17-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry sought details of the accounts, status of judicial cases, names of claimants and conviction if any.

The details are to be submitted by NAB on Thursday.

The bench, which is hearing writs challenging NRO, also directed NAB to provide details of expenditures incurred on litigation in cases abroad.

It expressed concern and dismay over the way NAB authorities withdrew the cases and procured record from the lawyer in Geneva.

Acting Attorney General Shah Khawar appeared before the bench and promised that on Thursday he would provide all facts and each and every detail.

To a query he said that he believed the relevant record was safe with Pakistan High Commission in the UK.

He said the references were made under Ehtsab Act 1991, then headed by Saifur Rehman and the process was initiated on a letter of late Attorney General Chaudhry Farooq.

He said about 25 Swiss people had also emerged as claimants of the amount.

He said after promulgation of NRO, a request was made in Geneva for withdrawal which was not acceded to by the court there as their stance was to deal with the cases according to their laws.

Additional Advocate General NAB Abdul Baseer Qureshi also submitted additional details of NRO beneficiaries and replied that he did not know exactly about the fate of Swiss banks amount.

The Chief Justice remarked that they were not after any one but were mainly concerned about the fate of the money.

‘Tell us plainly whether the amount belonged to government of Pakistan and its people or it had lapsed?’he asked.

Justice Jawad S. Khawja questioned as to who would get it back and wheter it was NAB’s responsibility.

The Chief Justice, addressing to Chairman NAB Navid Ahsan and Prosecutor General NAB Dr Danishwar Malik, asked about the objective of their visit to Geneva.

‘You are aware of NRO case which is widely covered in print and electronic media, What was the urgency and logic to send NAB officials to Geneva to procure record and place it with the mission in UK?’ he asked.

Justice Sair Ali and Justice Javed Iqbal put queries to NA authorities regarding the cases in Geneva.
Chairman NAB said that he required some time to be able to apprise the bench of facts.

He informed that under mutual legal assistance, the Government of Pakistan had withdrawn the cases and amount was frozen.

Justice Khalil ur Rehman Ramday said that diplomatic bags containing relevant record of cases could be brought to Pakistan directly instead of depositing the same with Pakistan mission in UK.

Prosecutor General NAB Dr Danishwar Malik said that the practice was adopted as the Pakistan mission in UK was dealing with such cases.

Justice Javed Iqbal said: ‘Facts cannot be condoned with wrong statements; what was the urgency in procuring record, in removal of lawyer and placing the record with the mission in UK!’

Advocate General Sindh Yousaf Laghari submitted record of the cases withdrawn on the recommendation of Review Board and about those convicted under Section 31 of NAB Ordinance 2007 as absconders.

The bench questioned as to who withdraw cases and under whose instructions and sought documentary details over the issue.

The Chief Justice observed that they were collecting data to lay foundation for the verdict.

He further observed that if the cases were not withdrawn by the government under legal provisions then it meant that these were still pending. He directed Sindh Home Secretary to explain the matter.

Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for Dr Mubashir Hassan, resuming his arguments, said a holder of public office became disqualified if convicted in a case involving moral turpitude.

‘Morality is important when dealing with representation of the peoples of Pakistan,’ he said, adding the preamble of the Constitution very much deals with the word ‘trust’.

Justice Javed Iqbal asked if a corrupt representative was elected by the people then what the courts could do? Pirzada replied that it could disqualify the person.

Justice Sair Ali in lighter vein remarked that Constitution did not survive in its original but ‘both of you (Pirzada, Ahmed Raza Qasuri) survived to tell us the whole story.’

To a bench query, Pirzada replied that failure to build institutions was the reason the country had been going through such situations.

The Chief Justice said a Transparency International report we placed Pakistan in 42 position on its world corruption index.

‘Day in and day out we are committing errors; when we will mend the ways; under NRO even murder cases were withdrawn, where is the morality?’ he said.

Pirzada said it was important that the National Assembly did not own NRO.

Justice Ramday referred to chronological order of the promulgation of NRO and holding of presidential elections. -APP

[Inam H Marwat]

Bank of Punjab’s ex-president arrested in US
Updated at: 1256 PST, Thursday, December 10, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The former president of Bank of Punjab Hamesh Khan has been arrested in US, NAB spokesman said.

NAB spokesman told Geo News that US department of justice has informed Pakistan about his arrest. The government had contacted Interpol for the arrest of Hamesh Khan after which the arrest has been made.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed to issue arrest warrant for Hamesh Khan and his son, in Rs 9 billion Bank of Punjab loan scam, owner of Haris Steel and his son Haris Afzal, industrialist Seth Yaqoob and his daughter Irum Yaqoob. Their assets had already been frozen.

[Inam H Marwat]

President Asif Zardari of Pakistan 'is a billionaire'
Dean Nelson
10 Dec 2009

President Asif Zardari of Pakistan is a billionaire with a vast global empire built on property and investments, the country's Supreme Court has heard.

His fortune was allegedly accumulated during his late wife Benazir Bhutto’s two terms of government when he became known as “Mr Ten Per Cent”. It was the subject of a series of corruption cases until they were dropped under an amnesty to allow the late Miss Bhutto and her supporters to return to Pakistan.

The Supreme Court in Islamabad is now due to rule on whether the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), under which corruption and murder cases against more than 8,000 politicians, civil servants and other public figures were dropped, is unconstitutional.

If it does, Pakistan will be plunged into a new political crisis with Mr Zardari and some of his leading supporters facing corruption allegations they believed were behind them.

A glimpse of what those cases might look like if they come to court was offered in the court when the government’s National Accountability Bureau claimed in written testimony on Monday that Mr Zardari owned homes and estates throughout the world, including Britain, where he paid £4.35 million for an estate in 1995 which was dubbed by critics as his “Surrey Palace”.

Neighbours at the time claimed he had built his own private polo ground on the 350-acre estate and recreated the local village pub in one of its suites.

Mr Zardari, whose father was the humble owner of a small Karachi cinema, has allegedly amassed a fortune of £876 million pounds in properties and deposits banked in Britain, the US, France and Spain, and £175 million in Pakistan.

The assets were said to be acquired in commissions from allegedly corrupt deals. One involved the grant of a business licence to one of the country’s richest men, another from a European company. In another case, Mr Zardari was charged with illegally constructing a polo field in the grounds of Prime Minister’s House.

These cases were dismissed last year under the National Reconciliation Ordinance, which was introduced by the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under a deal to allow Miss Bhutto to return to the country.

After her 2007 assassination, Mr Zardari took over her Pakistan People’s Party and led it to victory before being appointed president in 2008.

If the ordinance is ruled unconstitutional, Mr Zardari will come under intense pressure to stand down, although aides insist he remains immune from prosecution while he is president.

His spokesman dismissed the allegations of vast wealth and said they were politically motivated and unproven.

[Nasir A Khan]

Inam H Marwat, on 12 December 2009 - 05:04 AM, said:

President Asif Zardari of Pakistan 'is a billionaire'
Dean Nelson
10 Dec 2009

President Asif Zardari of Pakistan is a billionaire with a vast global empire built on property and investments, the country's Supreme Court has heard.

His fortune was allegedly accumulated during his late wife Benazir Bhutto’s two terms of government when he became known as “Mr Ten Per Cent”. It was the subject of a series of corruption cases until they were dropped under an amnesty to allow the late Miss Bhutto and her supporters to return to Pakistan.

The Supreme Court in Islamabad is now due to rule on whether the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), under which corruption and murder cases against more than 8,000 politicians, civil servants and other public figures were dropped, is unconstitutional.

If it does, Pakistan will be plunged into a new political crisis with Mr Zardari and some of his leading supporters facing corruption allegations they believed were behind them.

A glimpse of what those cases might look like if they come to court was offered in the court when the government’s National Accountability Bureau claimed in written testimony on Monday that Mr Zardari owned homes and estates throughout the world, including Britain, where he paid £4.35 million for an estate in 1995 which was dubbed by critics as his “Surrey Palace”.

Neighbours at the time claimed he had built his own private polo ground on the 350-acre estate and recreated the local village pub in one of its suites.

Mr Zardari, whose father was the humble owner of a small Karachi cinema, has allegedly amassed a fortune of £876 million pounds in properties and deposits banked in Britain, the US, France and Spain, and £175 million in Pakistan.

The assets were said to be acquired in commissions from allegedly corrupt deals. One involved the grant of a business licence to one of the country’s richest men, another from a European company. In another case, Mr Zardari was charged with illegally constructing a polo field in the grounds of Prime Minister’s House.

These cases were dismissed last year under the National Reconciliation Ordinance, which was introduced by the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under a deal to allow Miss Bhutto to return to the country.

After her 2007 assassination, Mr Zardari took over her Pakistan People’s Party and led it to victory before being appointed president in 2008.

If the ordinance is ruled unconstitutional, Mr Zardari will come under intense pressure to stand down, although aides insist he remains immune from prosecution while he is president.

His spokesman dismissed the allegations of vast wealth and said they were politically motivated and unproven.

i guess Name of "zardari" should be a synonym of " Corruption ".

[Zain Abbass]

You can see our friend Jatoi at 3:06!

[Ameer J. Ali]

[size="3"][font="Arial"]Bro you forgot to mention a lot of names as a matter of fact i don't remember any politician in Pakistan who was not corrupt just in the news these days the CIA Officials have confirmed that BLACKWATER exist in PAKISTAN whereas Rehman Malik stated that any proof of BLACKWATER in Pakistan i would resign so uptill now he is still in his office playing in the hands of ZIONISTS!!!!!!!

http://www.presstv.i...ionid=351020401
http://www.prisonpla...n-pakistan.html

So the case is not finding out who the corrupts are because i tend to believe that the problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public. Robert F. Kennedy

But finding the right person to lead the way.....

ADIOS AMIGOS

[ndad]

Corruption in pakistan ebbs and flows. The military takes over, coruption remains but decreases. The awaam decrees it wants democracy again and corruption increases. reasons for this a various and significant. the basic fact remains that the people must chose leaders on their charecter and not on their links to families, casts, clans etc etc. The fact that zardari is president given his past (and present) actions is laughable if it wasnt so serious. Ultimately, the people have chosen, knowing full well the implications of their voting patterns and therefore have to live by it.

Will corruption reduce? perhaps, overtime, as the electorate becomes more educated and aware? allah knows. however, with the help of an impartial media, this battle can become easier to fight. a media that highlights corruption, as it has done recently can only be a good thing.

i hope this suffices for my first real post on this forum.

ndad

[Zain Abbass]

What a way to grab all for the family, Mr Ambassador!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By Usman Manzoor

ISLAMABAD: The new Pakistani ambassador to Syria, appointed by President Zardari, has summarily sacked the entire staff and faculty of the Pakistan International School in Damascus and appointed almost all his immediate family members for a collective monthly salary of $38,000 (Rs3.2 million).

The sacked teachers and staff members of the school run by the embassy, who were removed for no reasons and without any prior notice, have been compelled to go into litigation against the Pakistan Embassy, The News has learnt.

The Pakistan International School in Damascus is run by the embassy of Pakistan but within five months after the arrival of new ambassador, Aminullah Raisani, in September 2009, the management and faculty of the school was changed altogether without giving any reason and the school was stuffed with the relatives of the ambassador.

According to the list of newly inducted teachers Saeeda Yasmeen Raeesani has been appointed as Principal. She is sister of the ambassador and is drawing $6,500 per month as salary while the previous principal Syed Tauseef Bokhari was getting $2,500. Another sister, Ms Abbas, has been appointed as Urdu teacher for $3,500 per month.

Two daughters, Amna Aminullah Raeesani and Quratulein Aminullah Raeesani, have been appointed as teachers. These two are getting $3,000 per month as salary while the school was paying only $1,700 for the same job to previous teachers.

Mohammad Ishaque, brother-in-law of the ambassador, has been appointed as accountant for $3,500 per month while the same job was previously with one Imran for just $900 a month.

Attique-ur-Rehman and Syed Muhammad Ali, ambassador’s nephews, have been appointed as business teachers for $3,000 a month while the same job was done for $1,500 only before September 2009.

Nayla Atiq, granddaughter of ambassador’s sister, is working as Maths teacher for $3,000 a month while her predecessor was drawing $1,700 a month as salary. Ali Abdullah, the son-in-law of ambassador’s sister, and Muhammad Ahsan Shafique, ambassador’s cousin, have been appointed as teachers for $3,000 a month while their predecessors were drawing $1,500 a month.Another cousin of the ambassador, Rasheed Chattha, has been appointed as biology teacher for $3,500 a month while previously Ms Manal Sileman was doing the same job for $1,500 a month.

Ms Manal Sileman, one of the Syrian teachers of the Pakistani school who has been sent home without giving any notice and without any reason, while talking to The News from Damascus on phone said that it was strange that an ambassador instead of running the affairs of the embassy was keen in the business of the school.

She lamented that the ambassador has imported Chinese shoes and made it mandatory for every student to purchase those shoes at much higher rates. She said that the school was being ruined as the new incompetent teachers have been hired for more than double the salaries the previous faculty was getting.

Another teacher Saad al Hassan said that he has gone to the court with a heavy heart because he has served the school and Pakistan and now the court will issue an order against the Republic of Pakistan.

He said that he has respect for the Pakistani nation but because of a few people he has been compelled to go into litigation against the embassy and according to the Syrian laws the Pakistan Embassy in Damascus could be heavily penalised.

Saad said that the school was rated among the best in Damascus and the elite, including the foreign minister of Syria and deputy foreign minister, had started sending their kids to the Pakistan International School of Damascus but with the advent of new administration many have opted for other schools in the city.

He said that last year the school won eight gold medals in the Cambridge examination and the income of the school in 2006 was US$2,042,400 per annum and it rose to $4,774,000 per annum in 2009 with the number of students almost doubled i.e. from 600 to 1,100.

Ambassador Aminullah Raisani was too busy to talk to this correspondent. However his spokesman Zahid Ali who works as Counsellor in the embassy denied all these allegations. He said that the previous management was incompetent that was why it was sent packing while competent people have now been inducted in the school.

Zahid said that it was not true that the newly appointed teachers were drawing more salaries than the previous management. “We write to the Foreign Office of Pakistan about our tasks here,” Zahid replied when asked about some teachers going into litigation against the embassy.

[Zain Abbass]

Auditor General’s office detects Rs323bn bungling
By Amir Wasim
Tuesday, 04 May, 2010

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan, in reports on the accounts of various federal ministries and departments for the 2008-09 year, has detected financial irregularities worth over Rs323 billion.

The reports were submitted in the National Assembly by the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan, on Monday as per constitutional requirement.

Now the reports on each ministry will be taken up by the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee.

The highest irregularities—Rs116.341 billion—have been detected in the Federal Board of Revenue, followed by Rs111.174 billion in accounts of the ministry of Water and Power and Rs22.323 billion in the accounts of civil works of various government agencies.

The audit report on the accounts of ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources reveals financial irregularities worth Rs17.239 billion and Pakistan Railways has committed financial wrongdoings worth Rs15.677 billion.

The management of the Pakistan Steel also failed to satisfy the auditors about irregularities amounting to Rs15.656 billion.

The report has detected irregularities of over Rs7.84 billion in the accounts of Trading Corporation of Pakistan, over Rs3.844 billion in the telecommunication sector and over Rs2.5 billion in the accounts of defence services, including the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy.

An anomaly of over Rs2.95 billion has been detected in the accounts of the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited.

The report has also found anomaly of Rs1.08 billion in the accounts of Employees Old-age Benefit Institute.

Following are the departments, corporations and ministries where the audit reports have detected irregularities worth over Rs100 million: Pakistan Baitul Maal (Rs941 million); Port Qasim Authority (Rs762m); Pakistan State Oil (Rs650m); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rs574m); Pakistan Ordnance Factories (Rs529m); Pakistan Re-Insurance Company Limited (Rs506.36m); Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation Limited (Rs463m); Pakistan Television Corporation (Rs421m); Pakistan International Airlines (Rs347m); National Fertilizer Marketing Limited (Rs248m); Utility Stores Corporation (Rs247m); Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (Rs242m); Zakat and Ushr (Rs234m); Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Rs150m); National Logistic Cell (Rs115m) and Export Processing Zones Authority (Rs104m).