AGP asked to carry out audit of billion tree tsunami project.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has asked the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) to conduct audit of the billion tree tsunami project which was launched by the PTI government.

Ministry of Climate Change has formally asked the AGP to conduct special audit of 'National Strategic Support Unit of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP), Phase 1, Upscalling of Green Pakistan Programme (Revised)'.

Former chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during his visit to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of NAB disclosed that the TBTTP was being probed by the bureau.

The billion tree tsunami is being implemented in all provinces including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) through respective forest and wildlife departments. The ministry is supervising the programme through the Project Management Unit termed as National Strategic Support Unit (NSSU) of the billion tree tsunami.

According to the ministry, 'to ensure transparency of the programme and value for money, it is imperative to conduct financial audit of the programme office which has not been conducted so far, as the programme is likely to be completed in 2023 ... a special audit of NSSU- billion tree tsunami may kindly be conducted for financial year 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-22.'

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Sources said that AGP Ajmal Gondal is prioritising this audit and he will personally supervise the audit teams. Earlier in January this year, the PTI government announced that the third party audit report on the billion tree tsunami was being...