Foreign ministry told to tighten accounting rules
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Wednesday criticised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for having no control over funds management and lax accounting procedures, instructing its new secretary Asim Iftikhar Ahmad to streamline and tighten accounting procedures and make rules and share them with the committee. The directive came after the Public Accounts Committee, while discussing audit objections of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2024-25, observed that its staff posted in foreign missions was embezzling and mismanaging public funds without accountability. One case in particular caused