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Chairman PAC Akthar Hussain Langov expressed these views in the meeting of PAC held regarding the Allocation and Audit paras of Police department.

'Through this meeting, MoF as the ministry representing the government and is directly responsible towards PAC will table its reply and action taken based on the conclusion and recommendations found in this Committee's report, when tabled in the Dewan Rakyat.

Mr Eric Kwakye Darfour, Eastern Regional Minister, said the opening of the Koforidua PAC would save the people of the region the trouble of having to travel Accra to apply for passports.

The appointment of PAC chairman had earlier remained bone of contention, as till the appointment of Shehbaz Sharif [as chairman PAC] not even a single standing committee of any ministry was formed in the first five months.

PPP senator urged everyone that the membership of the PAC should not be turned into a 'political bout'.

'Farogh Naseem said in front of a minister that he was asked whether I can become PAC member.

During the tenure of the last Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, a PAC member from the PML-N, Riaz Pirzada, was made a federal minister.

"You have furnished all arguments and filed a reference as well against Shehbaz Sharif's elevation as the PAC chief.

Appointing corruption-suspect Shehbaz as PAC chairman would influence the inquiry, the petitioner's counsel asserted, while mentioning that issuing production order for the president of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz to attend the National Assembly session, was also against the law of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The PAC is the apex parliamentary watchdog that oversees the audit of revenue and expenditure by the government and it is considered to be the most powerful and important committee of parliament.

He declared that PAC is one of the flag ship organizations of Defence Production.