Financial Irregularities Revealed in Peshawar District Sports Office Report

musarrat ullah jan -

 

Peshawar: The District Sports Office Peshawar did not register any club in 2022, despite having 24 employees on staff. The administration took nearly a year to respond in October 2024 to an information request filed under the Right to Information Act, seeking details for 2022.

According to the response, nine events were organized in 2022. The first event was the Regional Squash Championship, costing 0.2 million rupees. The second major event, "Games for People with Different Abilities," aimed at special athletes, incurred expenses of 1.9 million rupees. The third event, the Chief Minister’s Football League, had expenses amounting to 0.024 million rupees. The fourth event, Peshawar Football League, cost 0.237 million rupees, while the fifth event, "Drug-Free Peshawar Games," had expenditures of 1.71 million rupees.

 

The sixth event, "Tri-Region Female Games," cost 0.8 million rupees, and the seventh event, Inter-Constituency Games, involved expenditures of 1.31 million rupees. The eighth event was the distribution of sports equipment at Central Jail Peshawar, which cost 0.092 million rupees. The final activity was the sponsorship of the Under-19 cricket team for the PCB Under-19 Tournament, costing 0.016 million rupees.

Surprisingly, the number of players was only disclosed for three events, while information for six events was withheld. According to the Right to Information response, 120 athletes participated in both the Special Games and the Drug-Free Games, and 645 athletes were listed for the Directorate-level Inter-Constituency Games. It is even more perplexing that player allowances (TA/DA) were only detailed for two events. Special Games athletes received 987 rupees each, totaling 118,500 rupees, while 645 athletes in the Inter-Constituency Games received 695,400 rupees, equaling approximately 1,495 rupees each.

In 2023, the District Sports Office did not register any club either, but expenses included 70 liters of petrol. Two more events, along with images, were reported, including the "Special Children Olympics," costing 3.0 million rupees. Additionally, Independence Day celebrations cost 1.55 million rupees, covering fireworks and sports competitions. However, details of the sports played and the number of participants were not provided.

#DistrictSportsOffice #FinancialIrregularities #PeshawarSports

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Govt urge open wedding halls in KP, owners

musarrat ullah jan -
    PESHAWAR, (kikxNow) Representatives of Wedding Halls Association Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (WHA-KP) expressed their regret over still closure of wedding halls and demanded of the government to open halls. Speaking at a news press conference here at Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on Tuesday, president of WHA Khalid Ayub said that livelihood of hundreds of thousands workers were associated those wedding halls but it depends of their running business of marriages in the concerned halls. He said that there were 120 registered and 170 unregistered wedding halls in the provincial metropolis (Peshawar) while in the province there approximately 600 marriage halls, which were closed for four months due to COVID-19. Accompanied Arbab Farooq, Rahat Akbar and others, the president said that as long as the lockdown had been clamped by the government, the wedding halls were completely locked, resulting loss of Rs2.5billions across only in head of expenditures.   “As per our capaci...
Read more

Demand for an inquiry into the contracts and contracts awarded in the previous regime

musarrat ullah jan -
  Constituencies associated with sports appealed to the caretaker chief minister including Governor Ghulam Ali to take notice. PESHAWAR ... The circles related to sports have demanded an inquiry into the various contracts given in the sports sector during the PTI regime and have said that a transparent inquiry should be made into all the contracts given by the Provincial Sports Directorate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similarly, the contracts given for the purchase of sports equipment, including the hockey grounds built in the 1000 sports facilities project, including the squash courts built in various colleges, should also be checked so that not only the element of transparency is brought out, they also made the contract in the form of color. Action should also be taken against the contractor because most of the projects taken only for their own benefit have become non-standard which the previous political rulers did not pay attention to. Due to this reason, the officials of sport...
Read more

Mohmand Bajaur Aman Cycle Race Promotes Peace and Local Talent

musarrat ullah jan -
    The Mohmand Bajaur Aman Cycle Race, aimed at spreading the message of peace, is set to take place on November 17, 18, and 19. Cyclists hailing from all four provinces and Islamabad are gearing up for the three-day championship, with participation from various teams, including those from Pakistan Army, Higher Education Commission, WAPDA, and Railway.   The event, under the watchful eye of technical officials, boasts a distinguished lineup, featuring Colonel Retd Jahanzeb Niazi from Balochistan, Gul Muhammad Kakar from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Khan Mohmand, and Amjad Nawaz Khan from WAPDA. Further, key figures such as Mumtaz , Secretary Waqar Ali from Punjab, and representatives from Sindh, Kaleem Awan Railway, Haider Ali, and Abdul Aziz are actively involved.   Organized by Pakistan Army's 22nd Brigade Mohmand and facilitated by Moazzam Claire and Khawaja Idris Haider, the race will span from Ghulnai to Mammadghat, then to Bajaur, Cadet College, and b...
Read more