The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has formally withdrawn a staggering claim of Rs375 trillion in financial irregularities across federal institutions, acknowledging that a “typing error” had exaggerated the figure by several hundred trillion rupees.
The revised Consolidated Audit Report for Audit Year 2024-25, uploaded to the AGP’s website on Monday, now places the total irregularities at Rs9.769 trillion. Officials admitted that the earlier version mistakenly referred to “trillion” instead of “billion” in at least two instances within the executive summary.
The initial report, released in August, had shocked both policymakers and the public. It cited procurement flaws worth Rs284 trillion, civil works delays at Rs85.6 trillion, and other liabilities running into trillions—amounts that far exceeded the country’s entire economy.
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With irregularities listed at more than three times Pakistan’s GDP of around Rs110 trillion, the report’s credibility was questioned even by government insiders. Following mounting criticism, the AGP’s office confirmed the error and moved to correct it.
The revised 4,858-page report now outlines irregularities of Rs9.769 trillion across federal institutions. It also notes that the federal audit exercise itself cost Rs3.02 billion.
Despite the correction, analysts say the error has raised serious concerns about data integrity and institutional accountability. “A mistake of this scale undermines public confidence in oversight mechanisms,” one financial expert observed.