Senate body on poverty alleviation met today

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Jun, 2026) The Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety met on Thursday under the convenership of Senator Rubina Qaim Khani, to review PBM’s compliance with binding directives issued on October 10 2025, April 16, 2026, April 30, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

The meeting was also attended by Senator Dost Ali Jeesar and Senator Jan Muhammad, along with the Secretary PBM, Managing Director, Director Finance, Director Audit, Director R&D, Deputy Director Establishment, and other officers.

Despite the lapse of over seven months and five meetings, the PBM management has failed to submit any compliance report.

No action has been taken on the reversal of illegal promotions, recovery of unlawful financial benefits, or implementation of Supreme Court judgments.

Furthermore, the internal inquiry into procurement irregularities initiated in June 2025 remains un-finalized.

The Director Audit informed the Committee that his wing had already indicated all these irregularities, as it is their duty to apprise the management.

In response, the Convener observed that this demonstrates the internal audit team failed to address the matters owing to mafia tactics.

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This persistent defiance amounts to willful obstruction of parliamentary oversight.

The management stated: "Who submits a report on affidavit? Therefore, it is not possible for the management to state on affidavit that no irregularities or corruption occurred, nor that nepotism, favouritism, or systemic corruption took place, and that all matters were conducted in accordance with principles and laws."

The Sub-Committee reiterates that its objective is not to target individuals but to eliminate institutional irregularities, restore the rule of law, and bring PBM’s governance into conformity with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the Rules of business, 1973, the Estacode, and binding judgments of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Any disciplinary consequences for individual officers shall flow from the lawful application of accountability mechanisms, not from personal prejudice.

Owing to these irregularities and the loss of over Rs. 1.015 billion (one hundred one crore fifty lakh rupees) to the government exchequer, it is the poorest citizens who are suffering the most.