PAC Directs Govt Institutions To Use Pakistan Post Instead Of Private Courier Services.

ISLAMABAD -- The Chairman Public Accounts Committee Noor Alam Khan on Thursday directed all ministries and divisions to use Pakistan Post for official correspondence across the country instead of private courier services.

He was chairing a meeting of the PAC in which audit objections related to the Pakistan Post were discussed. At a point when he was informed that the government organisation was running in the losses, he directed his secretariat to write a letter to all ministries and divisions to make sure that no private service would be used by government offices in future except Pakistan Post.

Meanwhile, he also directed the Federal Secretary Ministry of Communications and the Postal Services to brief the committee in the next meeting about overall functioning and performance of Pakistan Post.

He directed the Auditor General of Pakistan to present a fresh report on a multibillion scam related to an agreement between Pakistan Post and a private bank. Meanwhile, audit paras related to the National Highway Authority have also come under discussion.

In a certain audit objection related to excess payment made to the contractors by the NHA officers, the committee was informed that the recoveries have been made from the concerned officers and requested to settle the audit objection.

However, Chairman PAC questioned what...

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