Naqvi orders audit of free flour scheme

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Mohsin Raza Naqvi
Mohsin Raza Naqvi

Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has approached the National Accountability Bureau and also announced holding an independent audit of the free flour scheme after Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s corruption allegations against the provincial and federal government.

“Baseless allegations by some PML-N leaders regarding ‘Free Atta Scheme’ in Punjab being put to independent audit in the interest of transparency and financial prudence,” he said in a tweet from his official handle on Saturday. He also added that the interim set-up decided to go for an immediate audit through AGP office, and simultaneously through a private audit firm of established international repute.