ISLAMABAD Sept 17 (TNS): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has strongly denied the allegation leveled against it in a national daily on allocation under specific sub-heads of accounts.
According to ECP, the funds are allocated under specific sub-heads of accounts which are spent after due diligence and that expenditure under each sub-head of accounts is properly examined or scrutinized.
It said that all the funds allocated to ECP by the government for every fiscal year are duly audited by the AGPR, Islamabad and Auditor General of Pakistan.
A comprehensive mechanism of check and balance record maintaining as prescribed in the rules is in vogue in ECP, it added.
It said that as per office record of regular allocated budget for each fiscal year no such amount as mentioned in the news etc. lies pending with ECP however, in the news item reference appears to have been made to the amount which is a share of ECP earned through 8300 SMS Service and this amount is still lying with NADRA, it added.
It said that after the amount is received in ECP, it will be utilized according to the prescribed procedure of ECP.
The ECP strongly rejected the allegations being baseless, false and against the fact and figures.
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