Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Regularity Authority (OGRA) Chairperson Uzma Adil has now formally appointed Imran Ghazanvi as Senior Executive Director (SED) E-6, in violation of all recruitment rules and regulations of the authority.

Imran Ghazanvi was a popular TV artist who appeared in various drama serials and later became a popular advertiser by setting up a SIM advertisement company with the financial support of a Lahore-based estate builder. He had developed warm and close relations with Uzma Adil since she was working in SNGPL on a senior post.

The basic responsibility of newly appointed senior executive director media Imran Ghazanvi was to tame the bitter local media which had been highlighting the corruption, incompetence and inefficiency embedded in OGRA, whose management has also worked hand in glove with oil and gas mafias to plunder the national kitty. OGRA has a mandate to regulate oil and gas sector in the country and to watch and safeguard the interests of all stakeholders including the masses of Pakistan, but this organisation has miserably failed to address its responsibility due to unabated corruption.

Before joining OGRA, Imran Ghazanvi was also part of PIA’s team when its affairs went from bad to worse due to mismanagement.

According to OGRA services regulation 2011, the minimum experience required for SED (E-6) in the general service group is 18 years with a Masters degree but chairperson Uzma Adil advertised the post and reduce the required experience from 18 years to 15 years to favour her friend.

Daily Times repeatedly approached ORGA spokesman and chairperson for comments on the new recruitment but none of them bothered to reply. It is pertinent to mention that NAB has been investigating a mega corruption scam including Tauqir Sadiq corruption scandal worth billions of rupees that had already appeared in OGRA while its former chairmen Saeed Ahmed and Sadiq are also facing reference in accountability courts.