‘Ghost schemes’: FIA starts probe into public spending
According to Public Works Department up to Rs 340 million has been misspent.
According to Public Works Department up to Rs 340 million has been misspent. PHOTO: MARIAM ESSA/EXPRESS
LAHORE:
The Anti-Corruption Circle of the FIA has started a probe into ‘ghost’ projects in under the Peoples Works Programme-II.
According to Public Works Department, up to Rs340 million has been misspent.
FIA Punjab Director Usman Anwar said the probe was initiated following a letter the PWD director general sent to him on Friday.
He said in NA-98, in 34 schemes costing Rs391m, as much as Rs246m involving 31 schemes were suspect.
Superintendent Engineer Chaudhry Nawaz had been tasked to carry out an inspection of schemes executed under the PWP-II in NA-98. MNA Tariq Mehmood had contacted the PWD for inspection of schemes in his constituency. 34 development schemes in NA-98 were checked and copies of physical inspection reports were compiled. According to these reports, a loss of Rs246 million was found through embezzlement, bogus payments or substandard work.
Nine officers suspected of a role in causing the loss were identified
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2014.
The Anti-Corruption Circle of the FIA has started a probe into ‘ghost’ projects in under the Peoples Works Programme-II.
According to Public Works Department, up to Rs340 million has been misspent.
FIA Punjab Director Usman Anwar said the probe was initiated following a letter the PWD director general sent to him on Friday.
He said in NA-98, in 34 schemes costing Rs391m, as much as Rs246m involving 31 schemes were suspect.
Superintendent Engineer Chaudhry Nawaz had been tasked to carry out an inspection of schemes executed under the PWP-II in NA-98. MNA Tariq Mehmood had contacted the PWD for inspection of schemes in his constituency. 34 development schemes in NA-98 were checked and copies of physical inspection reports were compiled. According to these reports, a loss of Rs246 million was found through embezzlement, bogus payments or substandard work.
Nine officers suspected of a role in causing the loss were identified
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2014.