PPP to appoint Azra Fazal Pechuho as PAC chairperson

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to appoint Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Express News reported on Sunday.

The parliamentary watchdog is responsible for examining if the funds appropriated by the National Assembly were rightly used for government’s expenditure.

Earlier this week, PPP nominated Syed Khursheed Shah as leader of the opposition. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq declared Shah the opposition leader on June 7.

PPP, during its last tenure, had started a new trend whereby the leader of the opposition is appointed chairperson of the PAC as well.

Former opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan headed the PAC during the PPP government. However, he resigned after differences with the government over the appointment of a handpicked auditor general of Pakistan.

Correction: The name "Pechuho" was earlier misspelled in the story. The error has been rectified.