LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday ordered forensic audit into expenditure worth Rs20 billion by the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI).
During a hearing the SC’s Lahore registry earlier today, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisa
r criticised the PKLI spearhead over the corru
ption cases.
The chief justice also directed to examine the total expenditures
and also look into the matter of hiring staff at profuse salaries.
Justice Nisar had taking notic
e of the PKLI staff being “over-paid” while hearing cases of public interest on Apri
l 29.
He had also ordered the chief secretary to provide a comprehensive data regarding the hospital staff.
He had said that the apex court has learnt doctors of the PKLI were being paid salaries as high as Rs1.5 million monthly.