FIA bought 24 unauthorised vehicles: AGP of PakistanInternational 2021-05-16, by Editor Comments Off 0
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has raised red flags on the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) unauthorised purchase of 24 luxury vehicles as well as repair and maintenance of a fleet of 169 vehicles without obtaining authorisation from the Cabinet Division. In its audit report for the year 2019-20, the supreme audit institution noted that the FIA headquarters “purchased 24 tampered vehicles including luxury vehicles like BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Mark X, Camry and Hilux Surf from the office of Director General, Pakistan Customs during years 2017-19.”
“All the vehicles were unregistered,” it added. On October 9, 2018, the report stated, the FIA surrendered eight luxury vehicles out of 24 vehicles to DG Customs Intelligence and Investigation, Islamabad, but no acknowledgement or handing and t