Checks and balances: Flood aid needs monitoring, says minister

Some organisations are accused of using government funds for Balochistan for their own purpose.

QUETTA: Balochistan Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr Ruqayya Saeed Hashmi has requested Prime Minister Ashraf to establish a monitoring system for the transparent use of the Rs2.6 billion rehabilitation package for Balochistan’s flood-affected areas. She added, that the province’s focal person on the flood situation, Captain (retd) Akbar Durrani had revealed at a news conference that some organisations were given funds from the government to carry out relief work, but apparently they were spending money from their own resources.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 25^th, 2012.