Lawmakers of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly asked for a probe into the issue of alleged corruption and misuse of funds meant for the rehabilitation of flood victims.
Speaker Nazir Ahmed constituted a five-member parliamentary committee, headed by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Ayub Waziri, to review rehabilitation work and submit a report by Friday.
The federal government and non-government organisations gave billions of rupees funds for the flood-affected areas, the lawmakers said, however, such funds had allegedly been embezzled.
Javed Ali Manwa, an opposition member, tabled a motion in GB assembly on Tuesday, to “draw attention towards the flood-hit people”.
He told the assembly that rains, flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods (Glof) had triggered disasters across GB and damaged roads, bridges, water and irrigation channels, cultivated lands and homes.
Manwa said the assembly needed to review the utilisation of funds for flood rehabilitation. He suggested a parliamentary committee to probe the implementation of the foreign-funded project Glof-II at a cost of billions of rupees.__The Nation
