KARACHI: Anti-corruption establishment (ACE) has charge-sheeted the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) former chairman, examination controller Imran Chishti, and other five employees in a case pertaining to the malpractices, illegal appointments and misappropriation of million of rupees. Investigating officer submitted the interim charge-sheet against – BIEK former chairman, Anwar Ahmed Zai and Muhammad Akhtar Ghori, its then secretary Qazi Arshad Hussain Siddiqui, exam controller Imran Chishti, assistant controller Athar Saeed and three other employees – before the special judge of the anti-corruption court. The judge accepted the charge-sheet. All the accused have been released on bail, however, seven others have been declared as absconders. The ACE had raided the BIEK office on Oct 20, 2015 and secured records and examined the relevant officers. According to the charge-sheet, Anwar Ahmed Zai was involved in misusing his official powers and making illegal appointments. He was appointed on contractual basis for two years and given extension for two more years but his service record was missing. Imran Chisti was appointed in 1987 as a junior clerk at the Anglo Urdu Government Boys Secondary School Baldia Town and later in 2005 he was transferred to the Board of Intermediate & Secondry Education, Mirpurkhas. His personal file has no record about his promotion from junior school teacher (BS-14) to a post of BS-19 at the board. He was absorbed in violation of the Supreme Court’s orders. Irfan Ahmed was appointed as junior clerk and later on promoted to the post of stenographer without approval of the competent authority. Tariq Ibrar was illegally appointed as junior clerk and later he promoted to the post of a sports supervisor (BS-15) which was created by then chairman board to favour him. Besides, over 70 appointments were made illegally on a regular basis in a decade from grade-1 to grade-18 without completing necessary formalities and advertising the posts. 212 more employees were appointed illegally on a daily-wage basis in the past 10 years from grade -1 to 15. Hyder Ali Naveen, the then secretary of the board, was accused of awarding the contract of photocopying papers to Ms N.M Impex (Pvt) limited without followingthe tender procedure. In the year 2013-14, bills amounting to Rs 26,40,000 and Rs 22,00,000 were passed in the name of the contractor, which amount was misappropriated by the accounts department in collusion with the contractor. Anti-corruption establishment said that a loading trolley, which was claimed to be purchased at Rs 10,73,000 was found to be old and in bad condition. The budget of Rs 2013-14 was approved and utilized without approval from the competent authority, which amounted to the misuse of authority. Computers worth millions of rupees (Rs99,000 each) were purchased for the IT department but no record was provided to the investigation agency. Contracts for printing and publication worth millions of rupees were awarded without a bidding process. The FIR said that BIEK has to provide 24 percent furniture to the colleges in case of non-availability of furniture. “Anwar Ahmed Zai and other board employees in collusion with the principals of the colleges embezzled millions of rupees of the funds for furniture and provided furniture only in record.” “Zai put pressure on assistant controller examinations to tamper with the marks of various candidates of HSC annual examinations.”