Asif Ali (auditor general)

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Asif Ali is the 9th comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh. [1]

Career

Ali joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation in 1982 as a member of the Martial Law Committee. [2] In 1991, he was a member of the National Pay Scale Implementation Committee. [2] He was the chairman of the Accounts Consolidation Task Force. [2]

On 3 January 2003, Ali was sworn in as the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh by Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury. [3] He replaced Ahsan Ali Sarkar as comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh. [3] In 2004, the minister of finance, M Saifur Rahman, criticized the Comptroller and Auditor General for reporting 'insignificant issues' which led to negative perceptions of Bangladesh and use of the reports by Transparency International. [4]

In 2006, Ali was included in the Capacity Building Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions. [5] He called for information technology-based auditing practices in Bangladesh. [6]

Ali was the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh till 1 January 2008. [2] Ahmed Ataul Hakeem succeeded him as the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh. [7] On 31 July 2008, Ali was included in the Truth and Accountability Commission. [8] The Truth and Accountability Commission was established on 30 July 2008 by the Fakhruddin Ahmed led caretaker government to increase the speed of corruption cases. [9] [10] [11] The caretaker government had arrested numerous politicians including former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on corruption charges. [12] The commission was made up of a former judge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, Ali, and retired major general Manzur Rashid Chowdhury from the Bangladesh Army. [12] [13] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disclosed the names of 456 people who had confessed to the commission in April 2009. [14]

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  1. ↑ Ali, Asif. "Environmental auditing". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mr. Asif Ali". Comptroller and Auditor General . Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Asif Ali takes oath as CAG". The Daily Star. 2003-01-03. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  4. ↑ "Saifur slams auditor's office for tinkering with 'trivial matters'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  5. ↑ "CAG Bangladesh in INTOSAI capacity building committee". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  6. ↑ "'IT-based accounting system a must'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  7. ↑ "Hakeem takes oath as CAG". The Daily Star. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Truth Commission gets chief, members". The Daily Star. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh: Truth and Accountability Commission Declared Illegal". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  10. ↑ "The Truth Commission". The Daily Star. 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  11. ↑ Faisal, Farhad (2008-03-28). "Truth commission". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  12. 1 2 Ali, AMM Shawkat. "Truth Commission". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  13. ↑ "Truth Commission gets chief, members". The Daily Star. 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  14. ↑ "PM discloses list of 456 people seeking Tac clemency". The Daily Star. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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