Pakistan, July 25 -- In recent weeks, an expansive corruption case has surfaced from the Kohistan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with estimates of public loss exceeding Rs 40 billion. The scandal centers around allegedly fake and incomplete road projects, where funds were sanctioned, released, and reportedly siphoned off without physical execution on the ground. While the region's rugged topography has long made development both necessary and expensive, the abuse of its remoteness to mask fiscal mismanagement represents a far deeper concern than the incident itself. It raises structural questions about the efficiency of public financial management, the failure of controls at various institutional layers, and the lack of accountability that...