IT is commonly observed that MNAs and MPAs receive grants from federal and provincial governments for construction of new schools, colleges and hospitals in their constituencies.

However, a small amount of the total grant is spent on such development schemes, and the remaining amount remains unaccounted for.

I suggest the federal and provincial governments keep strict checks and balances on such MNAs and MPAs.

Farwa Yousaf

Karachi

Published in Dawn, May 30th, 2015

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