Sindh CM’s intervention sought over Rs40bn NICVD audit ‘irregularities’

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KARACHI: The International Pakistan (TIP) of Transparency has called on Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah to take immediate and decisive action, calling it a “dangerous and deep roots” in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD).

Appeal Director General Audit has emerged in light of a faulty audit report of Sindh, identifying financial and administrative irregularities during the financial year 2023-24.

In his formal letter to the Chief Minister, Shah cited the annual audit and inspection report, which allegedly highlighted 42 major irregularities that took place in the NICVD-which is an important healthcare, a prominent healthcare, a prominent healthcare, a prominent health career. According to the audit report, areas such as recruitment, salary supply, purchase and financial control have been widely violated. The auditors found that the NICVD appointed several senior officials to follow the merit -based process or set a transparent recruitment procedure. These included positions like the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the head of Human Resources, the head of security, manager, and assistant manager. Only Rs.

The auditors also flagged unauthorized expenses on staff’s dirt and hospitality, which allegedly crossed Rs 10 million without a competitive bid, documents, or approval of authorized authorities. The indicator states that the purchase violations are very high and that the Public Purchase Regulatory Authority (PRPA) rules include giving direct awards to the contracts without following the rules. In addition, large -scale cash withdrawal was created without audit trails or justification, which indicate the potential misuse of public funds.

The report concludes that NICVD suffers from weak internal financial control, unverified transactions, and insufficient monitoring mechanisms, which pose a high risk of corruption, fraud and incompetence. The audit report added that during the audit of the Executive Director’s Office, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, the administration did not prepare a record of angiography, bypass surgery, and the number of deaths during the last three years. In addition, the details of the total surgery pending over the past three years. NICVD Welfare Trust Account Details, along with details of cash and non-cash or funding in any form, with the NICVD received the Kingdom Foundation Fund and Total Fund details, funds funds and reservoirs, with details of bank accounts, bank accounts, bank accounts, bank accounts, bank account accounts, bank account accounts, bank account accounts.

The NICVD, once considered as a symbol of progressive public health care delivery in Pakistan, has been scrutinizing it for many years on alleged financial and administrative mistakes. This institute, which receives important budget support from the Sindh government, expanded rapidly across the province, in which satellite centers offer free cardiac care.

This is not the first time that NICVD has previously faced serious audit observations in audit reports-through the Auditor General (AGP) Auditor General (AGP), Director General Audit, Sindh, Sindh has laid down, lacking of auditable documents, raising more funds, raising funds, raising funds. In some cases, the company delayed or delayed sharing a complete financial record with the auditors, and further raised concerns. Despite its high -level public image, the NICVD administration has been constantly criticized for operating without a regular board of governors, which has more work as an independent body with limited external accountability.

In its recent letter, the TIP has advised that the Chief Minister should immediately suspend officials who were found responsible for mismanagement and financial irregularities. Order free forensic audit of NICVD accounts and HR records. And ensure the recovery of illegal funds through legal action. However, a spokesman for the NICVD told the media that the Auditor General of Pakistan has issued observations to all government departments as a standard practice and these are preliminary remarks, and the relevant agencies, including the NICVD, need to be explained and justified in response. The spokesperson concluded that corruption or corruption does not mean corruption or corruption, and that pre -drawing conclusions from these observations is a confirmation and injustice.