AG reports no trace

The weekly reported that Musharraf, caught in a trap and bracketed with the two leading politicians he calls corrupt, had done nothing but to brush the scandal under the carpet by referring it to non-existent public accounts committee.

8216;8216;The lack of interest in the Musharraf government speaks of a hidden fear that if this issue was probed deeply it may turn out to be a much bigger embarrassment than anyone can imagine,8217;8217; the weekly said.

The audit report quoted an instance that in 1997 8216;8216;a receipt bearing serial number 13 containing 100 receipts was issued to Fazlur Rehman, Pakistan director Haj, in Madina, Saudi Arabia for collection of self reliance fund on behalf of the Nawaz Sharief government.8217;8217;

8216;8216;The officer neither deposited the amount nor did he return the used or unused receipts. Thus, the amount collected, if any, was available with him, unaccounted, for the last four or five years,8217;8217; the weekly said.