National
February 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday deferred the examination of audit paras relating to the NICL and State Life Insurance due to vacant posts of chairmen of these government entities.
The Pubic Accounts Committee was informed that the chairmen of both the entities have not been appointed yet.
The PAC also warned all the departments of the government to tell the committee if they are not attending the meeting and avoid such attitude as heavy expenditure is incurred on the meeting.
The PAC held its meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of its Rana Tanveer Hussain in which the audit paras related to attached departments of the Commerce Ministry NICL and State Life Insurance for the year 2019-20 were to be examined.
The city of Cadillac is recognized annually for excellence in financial reporting. This 2019 was the 35th consecutive year that the city received this award, and 2020 will be the 36th consecutive year that the city receives this award, said Joe Verlin, presenting to city council on behalf of Gabridge and Company, which audits the city s finances.
Verlin explained that, in addition to conducting the required audit process, the city publishes additional, voluntary information and is one of just 75 local units of government out of 2,500 in Michigan that receives the award based on the additional disclosures. It s a heightened awareness, a commitment to transparency.
INDIANAPOLIS â For the second straight week, area nursing homes reported little COVID-19 activity in their facilities.
There were three new deaths reported in the area, although itâs unclear whether they are new or part of an update of the stateâs data from a year-end audit.
For the week ending Feb. 3 â long-term care data runs a week in lag â only five of 17 nursing homes in the four-county area reported any types of COVID-19 cases and all five of those had minor impact from the virus.
Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation in Angola reported three new resident cases and two resident deaths, while Millerâs Merry Manor in LaGrange had one resident case and one resident death reported.
Two Ernst & Young auditors were told by a German court that they must testify before a parliamentary committee about their accounting work for scandal-ridden Wirecard AG.