A constitutional battle fast degenerating into a fierce war of words between two financial institutions of the country on whether the Auditor General Pakistan’s (AGP), responsible for the audit of the federal government, can be audited itself by the former as sought by the Finance Division through a move enjoying the backing of the President and the federal government.
Economy
Outside KP, the PTI government succeeded to a large extent in building a perception of having introduced major reforms in the governance system. But, one needs to dig deeper into the facts to reach the conclusion of whether PTI’s assertions are genuine or a bluff.
In an attempt to understand the growing problems and in lieu of the recent announcement of the Karachi Transformation Plan, we sat down with Mr. Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning and Development.
The main reason for the wheat crisis, according to officials and documents, is the smuggling of the commodity to Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as the prices in the international market are higher compared to Pakistan.