International

Rs16.94bn Irregularities in KP Mines Dept: Audit E...

Minute mirror

By Asad Kharal

1 hour ago 4 views

Rs16.94bn Irregularities in KP Mines Dept: Audit E... — Photo credit: Minute mirror

Summary

The audit further pointed out a loss of *Rs3.08 billion* to the provincial exchequer due to illegal mining and non-recovery of dues, and another *Rs1.83 billion* loss due to continuation of illegal mining despite the presence of check posts and inspectors in various districts.
– *Rs530 million* loss due to non-recovery of mining dues for small dams in Kohat, Nowshera, Swabi, Haripur and other districts.
– *Rs63.6 million* loss due to non-recovery of royalty dues in Mardan.

AI Generated Summary

PESHAWAR : The Mines and Minerals Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has come under serious scrutiny after audit reports for 2022-23 revealed irregularities worth *Rs16.94 billion* in just one year, while the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has separately launched a probe into illegal mining of placer gold.

According to official documents available with Minute Mirror, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government suffered a loss of *Rs8 billion* due to illegal mining. The department also failed to recover *Rs4.31 billion* from defaulting contractors.

Originally published by Minute mirror on Oct 15, 2026 Read the full article at minutemirror.com.pk

Read original

About this page. The Ditible is an aggregator. This article was imported from a publisher feed and may have been reformatted. Copyright remains with the original publisher, and the headline, image and any quoted text are used for attribution and indexing purposes. Source links are preserved on every item in the archive.