ATTOCK: Zila Nazim Attock Major ( R) TAhir Sadik Khan has strongly
rejected the allegations of PML (N) led Punjab Government leveled
against the District Government of Attock arguing that if audit
objections were proven, then according to PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar
Ali Khan, the federal governments from 1989 to date were facing 2,300
audit objections to the tune of Rs1.5 trillion. While the PML-N Punjab
government of 1997-99 was also to clear audit objections of Rs43
billion, he said.
Giving comments on the audit report, Attock Nazim Tahir Sadiq said the
district government was issuing legal notices to the relevant quarters
of the Punjab government for their "illegal and unjustified act". He
said the special audit of the local governments' financial affairs was
illegal because it was ordered by the provincial administration. "Such
audit can be ordered only by the district nazim, and we had allowed the
recent activity just to let the (Punjab) government find out any
corruption in our working," he added. Mr Sadiq was of the view that
nazims could not indulge in corruption because the district
coordination officers, who represented the provincial government,
sanctioned the funds for different projects. He claimed that no
allegations of embezzlement could be proved against him. "The Punjab
government is declaring audit paras as proven corruption, though they
are just initial objections which are normally cleared through set
legal procedure," the nazim said. On the other hand source said, the
Punjab government's move to publish newspaper advertisements about the
alleged irregularities committed by the PML-backed Attock district
government during the last three years (2005-08) is likely to flare up
the running conflict between the two sides, it has been learnt. Sources
said that the district government was already consulting lawyers about
taking prompt legal action against the Punjab government, as it
believed the act had damaged its credibility and public image without
any proof. Since the inception of the PML(N)-led Punjab government
after last year's elections, rifts have surfaced between the provincial
and district setups over financial and administrative affairs. Court
battles are already being fought over recruitment of contract employees
and approval of local budget.
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