I would request Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat to post the names of all such appointments on the organisation’s website.
ISLAMABAD: After assuming the additional charge of federal ombudsman, Wafaqi Mohtasib Salman Farooqi took strategic decisions to activate this important statutory body to clear a backlog of 75,000 complaints and grievances regarding malpractices in government agencies. Qualified persons were invited to indicate interest for the positions of advisers, consultants and investigation officers and a deadline of December 29, 2012, was set. Short-listed candidates were invited to the secretariat for interview.
According to press reports, Imtiaz Kazi, retired Mohtasib secretary, has been appointed principal adviser and given additional charge of the position of Mohtasib Secretary. A retired judge of the Peshawar High Court has also been appointed as adviser. There is no other information available about other appointments. The process of appointments of advisers, consultants and investigation officers should have been completed by now, but this has apparently not happened.
I would request the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat to post the names of all such appointments on the organisation’s website.
Asghar Mahmood
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2013.
