A special audit of the Punjab Home Department has uncovered significant irregularities in the utilisation of secret funds, with mismanagement worth over Rs550 million surfacing in the Auditor General of Pakistan’s (AGP) latest report for the fiscal year 2024-25.
According to the report, the department failed to provide a utilization record for over Rs 550 million of secret expenditures.
The report highlights that irregularities amounting to Rs404.2 million were found in the accounts of the Additional Inspector General (IG) of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab.
Furthermore, irregular expenditures worth Rs 99.5 million were flagged in the accounts of the Secretary of the Home Department, pointing to large-scale financial discrepancies at the top administrative level.
The audit also identified questionable transactions in the accounts of the Additional IG Punjab, as well as several District Police Officers (DPOs) and senior police officials across the province.
These include DPOs of Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Okara, Hafizabad, Sahiwal, and Gujrat, alongside the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CTD.
Despite repeated requests, the relevant departments failed to provide audit cards or supporting documentation justifying the utilisation of secret service funds, the report added.
