KP audit finds Rs104.26bn beyond assembly-approved budget

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa audit of FY 2024-25 also flagged incomplete external loan books, a negative public-account balance, and excess SAP entries in major departments.

An audit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s FY 2024-25 accounts said Rs72.46 billion in government spending could not be fully verified.

Rs104.26 billion more than the assembly-approved budget was entered in the SAP government accounting system.

Rs153.68 billion in development spending was shown under wrong heads; one development budget head had Rs20.20 billion in extra entries.

External loan records of Rs98.89 billion were incomplete; Rs51.85 billion in foreign-loan and interest payments lacked full verification.

Internal loan records were not updated after 2017-18, and federal loan details were not updated after 2013-14.

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