The Auditor General’s report for the fiscal year 2020-21 has revealed financial irregularities exceeding Rs1.57 billion in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports and Tourism Department.
According to the report, the Tourism Corporation failed to provide records for Rs394.3 million allocated to eight projects.
Similarly, Rs620 million released to the Tourism Authority for developmental projects was not spent within the stipulated time.
The audit further highlighted irregularities worth Rs465 million in various auctions conducted by the Tourism Authority. Despite being advertised, 28 properties of the Tourism Authority could not be leased out during 2020-21.
The report also noted that 4,169 kanals of land in Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, and Swabi have not been demarcated despite several years having passed.
