High-value bicycles donated by the UNDP go missing in the merged districts sports directorate, as RTI revelations indicate.

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A serious lapse in accountability has been highlighted in the Merged Districts Sports Directorate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where costly bicycles donated by the UNDP for the benefit of athletes have become untraceable and official records are not available. This was revealed through responses under the Right to Information Act.

As per the RTI replies, the UNDP donated around 12 high-quality bicycles to the erstwhile FATA Sports Directorate, now Merged Districts Sports Directorate after the merger in 2018. These were reportedly handed over to a coach named Imran Khan for use in training or competitions.

However, when asked about the procedure for formal issuance, purpose of distribution, stock entry in official registers, or deposit in the directorate's stores, the department replied that no such record exists.

A follow-up RTI response in 2025 explained that the office of the directorate had been shifted from the old FATA Secretariat on Warsak Road to the Peshawar Sports Complex, which was scheduled for 2019–20. Nothing by way of documents- stock registers, receipts obtained at the time of handing over, utilization reports and names of beneficiaries could be found after hectic searches at the office.

Most remarkably, such absolute lack of documentation for valuable donor-funded assets begs fundamental questions regarding transparency, recordkeeping, and internal controls within the directorate.

Sources reveal that a single bicycle donated by the UNDP had a value of approximately PKR 300,000, making the value of the 12 units run into millions of rupees. Without any evidence regarding its proper custody, distribution, and utilization, the possibility of misuse or misappropriation looms large.

The revelation has come along with broader scrutiny of sports governance in the province. Currently, the Chief Minister's Inspection Cell is investigating alleged irregularities, such as corruption, misuse of funds, and substandard or paper-only projects in nearly 1,000 sports facilities across the province, many of them in the merged districts.

Sports activists and local stakeholders have termed the missing equipment symptomatic of the systemic mismanagement that has characterized the now merged areas, where athletes are still grappling with acute shortages of basic facilities, training gear, and support despite post-merger development promises.

These RTI disclosures heighten the litany of pressures on the Merged Districts Sports Directorate at a time when the provincial government has repeatedly proclaimed transparency, reforms, and accountability as a part of its governance agenda. Will the Chief Minister's Inspection Cell widen the scope of its investigation to specifically take up the UNDP bicycles matter, or will it be allowed to fizzle out in the haze of "missing records"?

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