Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif once again appointed Hasnat Qureshi as acting Director General (DG) of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), the sources told Daily Times. The Qureshi holds Basic Pay Scale (BPS-20) and actual employee of District Management Group (DMG) and also hold the charge of Chairman Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA). He was appointed as PIERA chief a couple of months ago. According to sources, the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) forwarded a summary of three names for the DG post to PM house including director planning FDE Taj Bhatti, Director Estate Tanvir Ahmed and police group official Yaseen Farooq. However, the PM rejected all of them and selected Qureshi for the slot. The post was laying vacant from over four months when Shahnaz Raiz retired from the post on attaining the age of superannuation. Her retirement notification was issued by the CADD almost one month before the date of the retirement. Despite that the authorities paid no heed toward filling the key slot. Joint Secretary CADD Ayesha Farooq was given the additional charge of DG but recently she has been repatriated to her parent department (FBR) on a directive by the Prime Minister’s office.