F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee has strongly protested and annoyed with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for preventing federal secretary finance from appearing in PAC meeting where he was summoned to answer s for releasing of Rs 3.9 billion to Captain (R) Safdar without taking the parliament into confidence.
Public Accounts Committee chairman Syed Khurshid Shah alleged that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi wanted to sabotage PAC and vowed to discourage each ill designed efforts to debilitate parliamentary committee on public accounts.Syed Khurshid Shah alleged in his outburst against incumbent government that Prime Minister did not want come on fore the corruption scams of the government worth billion rupees and for that reason PM has not allowed his secretary finance to attend PAC meeting which was convened to discuss the government generosity for son of law of former ousted Prime minster Nawaz Sharif. With the consent of ruling political party member of PAC , Syed Khurshid shah has directed PAC secretariat to write a letter to PM to seek his explanation for not allowing finance secretary to attend the meeting in which he was directed to satisfy the member for releasing whopping sum of public money to Maryam Nawaz husband.
The issue of Rs 3.9billion disbursement to Captain Safdar on name of development schemes in his constituency NA 21 Mensehra was taken up in the last meeting of PAC and it was decided to summon finance secretary to seek his explanation why such big amounts had been release while breaching the government financial rules and procedure.In the meeting the secretary for housing and works Mr Babar Bharwana submitted details of the funds and admitted that NAB has investigation against the government officials and the responsible people would face the music if the charges against them will be proved.
An extraordinary meeting of Public Accounts Committee was held here in parliament house with Syed Khurshid Shah in the chair to discuss audit objection of ministry of housing and works and defense production.On the outset of the meeting additional secretary PAC told the meeting that finance secretary has informed that Prime Minister has summoned him to his office when he was on his way to attend the meeting, resulting in he would be not available to reply the questions of PAC member regarding Rs 3.9billion disbursement to captain safdar whose father in law Nawaz Sharif was deseated on corruption and perjury charges .Federal secretary housing Babar Bharwana turned up to the meeting to answer the audit objections worth billion rupees but the audit paras of his ministry could not be taken up due to the absence of finance secretary from the meeting.
PAC members unanimously agreed that the expenditure incurred on the convening of the meeting wil be charge from the personal accounts of Prime Minister and finance secretary .When audit objections of defense production ministry were taken up then the audit officer told the meeting that former ousted prime minister Nawaz Shrif sanctioned RS 773 million to purchase an aero plane for personal use and heavy amount was spent on the training program for its pilots.
The meeting was informed that five year back latest technology to diagnose Cancer disease was purchase from Germony , Switzerland and England but the machinery has yet to reach Pakistan after passing such huge time.
PAC Members grilled senior hierarchy of defense production ministry for their failure to import cancer related machinay from abroad and quipped that the spare part which may installed in the hospitals may get rusted and directed them to bring the machinery so that the patients can get benefit.
