KARACHI: In disagreement with the rules and regulations of Karachi Development Authority (KDA), Shakeel Ahmed, acting Secretary KDA has given additional charge of Director Land to Abdul Qadeer Mangi, Director Estate and Enforcement.
Under a letter PA/Secy/KDA/2017/1725, September 18, 2017, issued by Shakeel Ahmed, Qadeer Mangi has joined office on September 20. This is an open violation of entity’s rules and regulations of services as only Director General (DG) is authorised to do so, officials of the KDA opined.
They claimed that several senior officials having qualifications had been ignored for this post.
KDA DG Nasir Abbas, who is currently under interrogation by Federal Investigating Agency on charge of possessing three passports, was in custody of the interrogating agency.
Even the Sindh government has not decided appointing a new head of the entity and under these circumstances a unilateral decision to appoint a basic pay scale grade 19 official by an acting official of BPS grade 17 is unprecedented, official maintained. The secretary KDA, Tauqeer Soomro, a BPS grade 18 officer after performing hajj has joined office on September 25.
Supporting his stance, Shakeel Ahmed has said that he had consulted this matter with Nasir Abbas.
On Shakeel Ahmed’s statement, several senior officials of KDA while expressing their impressions were of the view, “Nasir Abbas after his arrest has no any official power and has no right to suggest in matters of the office under rules and regulations”. Earlier Ramzan Awan, Secretary Local Government Department has informed that Jam Khan Shoro, Minister Local Government has discussed this matter with concerned officials of Sindh government for appointment of new DG.
The FIA has again taken into custody Nasir Abbas in money laundering case while he has been granted bail by Sharukh Shahnawaz, Judicial Magistrate-X Karachi South in passport case on furnishing solvent surety in sum of Rs 100,000 in PR bond. If no one from KDA will be available in accordance with the criterion, appointment of chief of entity would be made from any other department of Sindh government, legal experts have remarked.
Meanwhile, Shahzad Ahmed an official of Land Department KDA, Hanif Patni and Khayyam Patni, private persons involved in money laundering case were being interrogated by FIA.
Meanwhile, National Accountability Bureau has nabbed Kamran Ahmed, head of KDA Record Room and put him under interrogation on government land misappropriation.
Published in Daily Times, September 26th 2017.
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