By Asim Shahzad
LAHORE: A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee-I has held at the Punjab Assembly under the chairmanship of Chaudhary Iftikhar Hussain Chhachhar, MPA. Officers from the Punjab Assembly and other government departments attended the meeting.
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During the meeting, audit paras of the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department, its attached departments, and autonomous bodies were discussed.
Audit paras relating to Mayo Hospital Lahore, General Hospital Lahore, Punjab Institute of Cardiology Lahore, Institute of Public Health, and other institutions were examined by the Committee.
These audit paras were related to non-recovery of outstanding dues from contractors, unauthorized payments of pay and allowances, irregular overpayments on account of pay and allowances, irregular appointments, losses due to short/missing stents and cardiac devices, non-deposit of receipts into PLA/Treasury, losses to hospitals due to non-auction of canteens, and non-recovery of outstanding dues from contractors/defaulters.
The Committee directed the concerned departments to ensure the recovery of the remaining outstanding amounts in the audit paras on a priority basis.
