Anti-graft watchdog: PAC freezes payments to ad agencies
PAC stops accountant-general of Pakistan (revenue) from making any payments.
ISLAMABAD:
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has taken notice of the advertisement scandal of Rs350 million and has stopped accountant-general of Pakistan (revenue) (AGPR) from making any payments. It has issued directives that AGPR should not pay advertising agencies till the final decision is made by the PAC.
According to Express News, the committee chairman Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the committee that he has noticed that orders have been issued for payment of Rs350m to advertising agencies illegally.
He said that AGPR has also raised objection to the payments.
He added that while common people in the country are facing difficulties in making ends meet, this step by the government is not justified in any sense.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2011.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has taken notice of the advertisement scandal of Rs350 million and has stopped accountant-general of Pakistan (revenue) (AGPR) from making any payments. It has issued directives that AGPR should not pay advertising agencies till the final decision is made by the PAC.
According to Express News, the committee chairman Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the committee that he has noticed that orders have been issued for payment of Rs350m to advertising agencies illegally.
He said that AGPR has also raised objection to the payments.
He added that while common people in the country are facing difficulties in making ends meet, this step by the government is not justified in any sense.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2011.