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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that an internal audit system has been strengthened in all the government departments for effective and appropriate management of risk with the view to fill the gaps in policies and procedures.
While talking to Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) Javaid Jahangir in a meeting, CM Murad said the provincial government had strengthened internal audit in the local bodies so that procedural and transitional issues could be managed.
The meeting was attained by DG Audit Sindh Minadad Rahoojo, DG Local Council Javed Zia Burni and Director to AGP Kashif Hussain, Principal Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro and Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi.
The chief minister said the audit paragraphs generated even in those issues where small gaps of procedures were left.
At this, the AGP said that he has started improving the audit system under which focus would be paid to transitional issues as a substitute for procedural issues.
The chief minister said that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly was holding maximum meetings so that backlog of audit paragraphs could be discussed and settled.
“Our Public Accounts Committee has taken up 2016-17 audit matters while it was much ahead than the other provinces,” he added.
Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi pointed out that the newly created district of Sujawal has not been included in the Statement of Accounting Concept (SAC) which was creating problems. AGP Javaid Jahangir directed his provincial head to note it and resolve the issues.
It was also pointed out that the SAC system was very slow and it usually took hours to open for submission of statements. The AGP assured the provincial government that he would resolve the issues at the earliest.
The chief minister added that he was working to transfer payment of salaries to local bodies’ employees through Accountant General Sindh.