Hydel project mismanagement infuriates Public Accounts Committee

• Body refers procurement scandals and illegal decisions to NAB, FIA
• Land acquisition delay cited as systemic problem for over a decade
• PAC Chairman Junaid Akbar Khan claims recovery of Rs118bn in two months

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday highlighted the glaring inefficiencies and massive financial mismanagement in key national hydropower projects.

A meeting of the PAC, chaired by MNA Junaid Akbar Khan, reviewed audit objections related to the Ministry of Water Resources.