Govt officials warned against misuse of developemnt funds
CHITRAL, May 19: At a meeting of the district development advisory committee (DDAC), three members of the provincial assembly form Chitral warned all government departments to utilize public funds on development projects in a transparent manner otherwise action would be initiated against them. The meeting of DDAC was presided over by MPA from lower Chitral Saleem Khan and attended by MPA from upper Chitral Sardar Hussain and MPA on women reserved seat Bibi Fouzia. Newly-appointed DC Aminul Haq and other district government departments officials were also present on the occasion. The MPAs told the meeting that advance payments had been made to contractors in the construction of different road and other projects and the work could not be completed, causing a loss of billions of rupees to the government. The MPAs said that public representatives got huge funds sanctioned for different development projects in Chitral but the departments concerned in collusion with the contractors misused the amount.]]>