[01] Ahmad Usman Shahid, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Association of whistle blowing activities and internal auditing practices is of great importance to the companies and field of auditing. Pakistan has three stock exchanges which are Lahore stock exchange, Karachi stock exchange and Islamabad stock exchange, the issue of whistle blowing is prevailing in the listed companies of Pakistan especially in their internal audit department. This research was quantitative in nature. Our respondents in this study were the internal auditors working in the listed companies of Lahore Stock Exchange. Total 303 questionnaires were completely filled and entered in SPSS for analysis. Descriptive statistics and differential statistics were done in SPSS 18 on data results. The results support the association of these factors as these conceptions are interrelated with each other in the organizational context.

Whistle Blowing Activities, Internal Auditing Practices, Lahore Stock Exchange

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