'Pakistan army cheated govt. of Rs120 billion'

[Punjabbi Munda]

A Pakistani general has called the country's parliament a joke and its parliamentarians "jokers" after he was asked why the army was not paying rent for a part of Lahore's prestigious Fortress Stadium that it was occupying. The army was assessed as owing the Pakistan government Rs 120 billion.

Defence Secretary General Athar Ali was asked by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee why the army was not paying rent despite the fact that the portion that was under its control was being rented out to third parties. MPs commented the army was "minting billions of rupees" that should be going to the government but was instead going into defence ministry coffers.

"This is a joke," Athar Ali said in reply. He also commented that the army was a "national institution" and did not require to pay any rent. The parliament committee said it took exception to the fact that the army occupying a civilian area as well as renting it out to commercial organizations.

"You are all jokers," said the retired general after which there was chaos in the committee room. The chairman of the committee, opposition leader Nisar Ali Khan, said the remarks of the defence ministry official were uncalled for.

Earlier, auditor general Tanveer Agha had told the committee that for decades, the army has been illegally using more than a 100,000 square-yard area of the Fortress stadium for commercial purposes without any lawful authority.

The auditor-general claimed the rent generated from this commercial activity was deposited into military accounts, not with the government of Pakistan. The auditor-general said that Rs120 billion had been collected by the military from this activity and that this amount should now be deposited with the government in its consolidated fund.

General Ali took strong exception to the audit para and said this was an attempt to malign the army. He refused to accept the validity of the auditor-general’s claims saying he was surprised how the auditor-general brought such kind of ‘laughable facts and figures’ before the committee, adding that the army could not have collected such a huge amount from Fortress Stadium.

But, Auditor-General Tanveer Agha explained that the audit team had followed the proper process before bringing this audit paragraph before the PAC.

?Pak army cheated govt of Rs 120 bn? - Hindustan Times

 

[Masterchief]

Well sir, pakistanis dont consider Hindustan Times as a reliable source.

 

[r3alist]

Well sir, pakistanis dont consider Hindustan Times as a reliable source.

nor do many indians sir.

 

[Punjabbi Munda]

nor do many indians sir.

Whats wrong with it?
News of this magnitude can't be made just like that.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

nor do many indians sir.

show me single indian who does not trust Hindustan Times.


p.s: Ajtr is an exception.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Doesnt Fortress Stadium come under cantonment board itself? and 120 billion is just retarded...maybe 10 million at max.

p.s=unreliable source.

 

[r3alist]

show me single indian who does not trust Hindustan Times.


p.s: Ajtr is an exception.

and everyone else who disagrees is an exception as well.

great logic.

 

[Manas]

Doesnt Fortress Stadium come under cantonment board itself? p.s=unreliable source.

Whatever may be case , an military official can't call Parliamentarians as joke and its unacceptable any in democracy.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Whatever may be case , an military official can't call Parliamentarians as joke and its unacceptable any in democracy.

Retired General.

 

[Spring Onion]

Whatever may be case , an military official can't call Parliamentarians as joke and its unacceptable any in democracy.

Lolzzz he is a retired official now he is a Civilian and as a voter he has the right to call politician as joke

 

[Last Hope]

I dont trust the news. There isint a green source, so how can Indians say about the Pakistanis, when the Pakistanis themselves havent published it? Is India another WikiLeak then?

A Pakistani general has called the country's parliament a joke and its parliamentarians "jokers"

I completely agree to this.

 

[Frankenstein]

We dont trust the source because they have dedicated there life to degrade Pakistan and especially its Army and spread propagandas and rumors about us

and we have no place for such hatemongers and warmongers in our life

 

[Last Hope]

Thread should be closed and deleted, as it's all usual Bharti media lie, and doesn't really count.

 

[skydrill_2]

I dont trust the news. There isint a green source, so how can Indians say about the Pakistanis, when the Pakistanis themselves havent published it? Is India another WikiLeak then?






I completely agree to this.

you know what,india has the highest swiss bank black money stuffed by congress and when ramdev baba came to protest against it,his posters were burned....congress is the real devil,but still there's official news that UK has the highest black money sstuffed in swiss banks and not a single news released about the truth in india.wikileaks published it...similarly your govt. might be hidingmany such cases from you .....my suggestion- neither should india,nor pak be brain washed by govt.!!

I dont trust the news. There isint a green source, so how can Indians say about the Pakistanis, when the Pakistanis themselves havent published it? Is India another WikiLeak then?






I completely agree to this.

you know what,india has the highest swiss bank black money stuffed by congress and when ramdev baba came to protest against it,his posters were burned....congress is the real devil,but still there's official news that UK has the highest black money sstuffed in swiss banks and not a single news released about the truth in india.wikileaks published it...similarly your govt. might be hidingmany such cases from you .....my suggestion- neither should india,nor pak be brain washed by govt.!!