Islamabad, October 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):A meeting of Public Accounts Committee was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Noor Alam Khan, MNA, in the Parliament House pertaining to M/o Maritime Affairs. The Committee, as usual, discussed the audit paras and examined the grants for the year 2019-2020. The Committee decided that next meeting would be held in Gwadar and Port Qasim Authority and KPT would also be visited. The Committee, however, gave the following recommendations:

The Honourable Chairman, PAC constituted four Sub-Committees of PAC consisting each of four Members. The Sub-Committees would be headed each by Honourable Members Ms. Wajiha Qamar, MNA; Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir, MNA; Senator, Saleem Mandviwalla; and Senator, Mushahid Hussain Sayed.

The Committee while examining the Audit Report expressed displeasure over bad governance of the former Chairman KPT Board and requested the Prime Minister not to post him anywhere because he, interalia, committed several irregularities while awarding contracts to disqualified bidders and giving government land on lease on unimaginable lowest rates.

However, the Committee appreciated the performance of the incumbent Chairman, KPT. One of the Honourable Member desired to know as to how many officers have been placed on deputation in the government departments during last six months;

The Committee directed the Secretary, Ministry of Maritimes Affairs to provide the PAC with a list showing how many trucks are stacked up in KPT shipyard; and

The Committee directed the Secretary to strive hard to make recoveries and directed to pursue court cases vigorously. Two paras were also referred to NAB for inquiries and directions were also issued to the Secretary to fix responsibility on the officer(s) for violating law.

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