Reinstated: PDMA DG’s transfer cancelled

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Establishment department has cancelled the transfer of Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s director general, stated a handout issued on Tuesday. On February 8, the department had transferred PDMA DG Amer Afaq, a grade-19 officer, and posted him as Swabi additional deputy commissioner, a grade-18 post. The move had raised speculations among bureaucrats in the province as Afaq had been transferred to a lower cadre. Some officials criticised the government for leaving PDMA without a head. As per the handout, Mahmood Aslam, Matiullah Khan and Shahidullah - BS-18 officers - were appointed to a BS-19 post on acting charge basis. They have been allowed to work in their original post in the public interest till further orders are issued.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 24^th, 2016.