The Accountant General of Pakistan has reported, according to a reporting appearing in Business Recorder on August 24, embezzlement, misappropriation, misuse of about Rs 1,662 billion by the following eight public-sector entities, each with:

-- Rs 595 billion in the National Highway Authority,

-- Rs 382 billion different public-sector entities,

-- Rs 315 billion in Customs and Inland Revenue of FBR,

-- Rs 209 billion in the water and power sector,

-- Rs 93 billion in Pakistan Railways,

-- Rs 40 billion in the pension fund,

-- Rs 18 billion in defence services,

-- Rs 5 billion in the ministry of finance and attached departments, and

-- Rs 5 billion in the uplift programme by the PPP government.

The list is not complete and there are other entities following the same practice.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017