The auditor general of Pakistan on Friday conveyed his resentment to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over difficulties in conducting audit of government departments due to non-co-operation.
"We are encountering great difficulties due to non-co-operation of government departments. Nobody provides us documents," said auditor general Younus Khan while reacting to remarks by defence secretary Tariq Waseem Ghazi.
A day after the PAC registered its strong protest over the absence of PIA chairman Tariq Kirmani, he (Kirmani) appeared before the committee and replied scores of questions. He apologised for his absence during the last two meetings.
Ghazi, who remained quite during most of the proceeding, complained to PAC chairman Malik Allah Yar that audit officials sometime raise unnecessary objections.
He was facing plethora of questions from lawmakers and audit officials, who expressed serious concern over the procedure adopted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for awarding tenders.
Ghazi told the meeting they were taking a number of steps to improve the system of tender opening.
However, Younus Khan, reacting furiously to the comments, said government departments, including the CAA, do not cooperate with them, compelling audit authorities to place their reports before the PAC for appropriate action.
The PAC chairman also agreed with Khan, saying co-operation between public sector departments could settle most of the issues amicably.
Taking audit paras of the CAA pertaining to 2000-01, the committee expressed shock over the tender opening criterion adopted by the authority.
Malik Allah Yar directed the CAA to take disciplinary action against guilty officials responsible for faulty deals and present report within 30 days.
Malik remarked audit paras clearly show dishonesty and insincerity of some officials, who intentionally struck faulty deals, causing loss of millions of rupees to the national kitty.