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A scam regarding reimbursement of some fake medical bills of huge amounts from the legislators of the Punjab Assembly was exposed by a treasury member demanding constitution of a probe committee in Wednesday’s session of the House.
The scam was revealed by Sheikh Allauddin, a treasury member, on a point of order in the House saying that some of the legislators of the Punjab Assembly were receiving huge amounts of Rs 100,000 each through some fake medical bills from the Assembly Secretariat.
Taking the attention of the chair on the issue, Sheikh Allauddin revealed that some legislators were involved in making money through fake medical bills while the people of their constituencies had been deprived of the facility of free medical care. He also raised a question that when the voters of such lawmakers were deprived of free medical facilities, how their representatives in the House could enjoy such a facility from the assembly platform.
He also disclosed that initially some fake medical bills of a huge amount were prepared from medical stores and then cleared from the PA Secretariat, ‘paying’ a sum of Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 (to clear the bills).
He also disclosed that a medical store located on Jail Road was involved in making those fake medical bills.
Sheikh Allauddin demanded the chair that he should constitute an inquiry committee to check the assembly record and also to expose the people who were involved in such a matter. He also told the House that embezzlement of millions of rupees was also being done in the head of LP (local purchase).
The treasury member also said that the inquiry report of the committee could be remained secret but it should be made for maintaining a check and balance in the matter. He also urged that the people who received money through fake medical bills must be checked.
On this, Sher Ali Gorchani called Sheikh Allauddin, the Punjab Assembly secretary and the medical officer to his chambers in the PA Secretariat.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/12-Feb-2015/lawmakers-getting-fake-medical-bills-reimbursed-mpa
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