PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided that the social welfare department will not consider the social welfare organisations not filing audit reports for grant.

The decision was made during a meeting held here on Monday.

Senior minister for social welfare, women empowerment and irrigation Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao chaired the meeting.

A news release issued here said social welfare secretary Abdul Jabbar Shah, director (social welf are) Naeem Khan and representatives of home, finance and revenue departments attended the meeting.

The participants discussed the matters pertaining to the provision of grant in-aid f rom the provincial government to volunteer social welfare organizations and NGOs.

Minister Sikandar Sherpao directed the relevant of ficials not to consider the organisations, which haven`t finalised their audit reports, for grant.

He said the grant should be given on the basis of the volunteer organisations` yearly bank statements, regular monitoring and performance.

The minister said the department`s district officers should keep an eye on the social welfare organisations, which got financial assistance from the government to ensure provision of more f acilities to the people.

He said the proforma for grant in-aid should be made more favourable and a transparent policy for the purpose should be evolved by which every action could go forward through different verification processes.

During meeting, 26 applications for grant in-aid were approved, while decision on some applications was deferred due to the unavailability of documents.

The minister said after completion of all deficiencies, the remaining applications would be viewed for consideration as to provide it the available funds for the welfare of public through legal ways. -Bureau Report