Overview
- The Auditor‑General's report for fiscal year 2024–25, published June 24, found 601,850 questionable BISP records and financial irregularities exceeding Rs25 billion caused by profiling and data errors in the programme's Management Information System.
- The audit identified Rs515.712 million paid under the Unconditional Cash Transfer scheme to 12,078 serving government employees, pensioners, or their spouses despite a December 24, 2019 cabinet ban on civil servants and their spouses receiving BISP benefits.
- Auditors flagged specific system failures, including missing or duplicated spouse CNICs, incorrect marital-status entries, and weak screening logic that allowed duplicate registrations and vehicle owners to remain eligible.
- The Departmental Accounts Committee has ordered immediate blocking of the flagged beneficiaries and directed recovery of the irregular payments, and BISP has been told to strengthen verification and oversight procedures.
- If recoveries and system fixes proceed, the measures could restore some funds and reduce future leakage, but the audit warns substantive IT, data‑quality, and governance reforms will be needed to prevent repeated errors and protect low‑income households who rely on BISP.