International Activities

The SAI of Pakistan has the distinction of serving on the board of UN Auditors for 15 years (1961-76).Presently it has been appointed as the External Auditor of the Organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OWPC) for 2003-05. The SAI also remained the External Auditor of the preparatory Commission of OPCW for four years. It also has the experience of Auditing regional organization like SAARC, OIC, and ECO.
The SAI of Pakistan is an active member of INTOSAI,ASOSAI, ECOSAI, ICGFM,ISAR and its personnel have served on various committees of these bodies. The SAI has organized several international events including.

  • Four joint PAK- China seminars on financial auditing since 1989.
  • International seminar on “Revenue Auditing” in 1993 with participants from 10 SAIs.
  • International seminar on “Auditing Foreign Aid Effectiveness and Accountability” in 1994 with participants form 18 SAIs.
  • ICGFM international conference on Public Pri8vate Partnership for Economic development in 1995 with 250 delegates including expect from World Bank IMF and UNDP.
  • 16th conference of the Auditors-General of the commonwealth in 1996.
  • ASOSAI sponsored workshop on “Performance audit of a Revenue Agency” is planned for December 2003.
  • Under various training programmes offered by the SAI of Pakistan, during the last 10 years over one hundred participants from 16 countries have received training. Some of our international courses are listed in the IDI Directory of courses. Our next intensive training programme (ITP) has been announced for March,2004.

    The SAI of Pakistan is the permanent Secretariat of ECOSAI an organization of the SAIs of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan. 6th Congress of ECOSAI is planned for January 2004 in Islamabad.
    The SAI of Pakistan has signed MOUs for mutual cooperation with SAIs of Bangladesh, China, Turkey and Netherlands.


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