In this 2019 file photo, schoolchildren plant saplings in connection with the 10 billion trees tsunami project at Baloki Nature Reserve Project. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: After a controversy over the scope of audit of Prime Minister’s flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, the Ministry of Climate Change has finally agreed on an special audit to be conducted by the office of the auditor general of Pakistan.
Earlier, due to “technical reasons” the ministry had requested the auditor general of Pakistan not to carry out an special audit of the programme for the year 2019-20.The minutes of a progress review meeting issued by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives on Jan 4, 2021, had stated that the auditor general of Pakistan would carry out an special audit of the project.