K-P top anti-corruption division chief transferred after differences with govt

Ziaullah Khan Toru reportedly had sour relations with the chief secretary Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has transferred director of anti-corruption establishment Ziaullah Khan Toru.

In a notification issued on Monday, it transferred five officers of different cadres, including Toru, the officer of BS-18 grade who has been posted as deputy director Provincial Services Academy, Peshawar.

On the other hand, additional charge of anti-corruption establishment was given to deputy commissioner Peshawar Riaz Mehsud.



Well-placed sources in the provincial bureaucracy revealed that Toru had sour relations with the chief secretary K-P. A senior official, who requested not to be named, confirmed a war of words between the two in a meeting at civil secretariat of Peshawar.

Moreover, Toru is occupying a bungalow of K-P forestry, environment and wildlife department which the department had asked him to vacate while issuing notices in this regard.

Meanwhile, the establishment department transferred and posted Zulfiqar Ali Khan BS-19 as Solicitor, Law Department and Israr Muhammad BS-19 as Director Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

Similarly, Saifur Rehman Usmani BS-19, director FMIU Finance Department was transferred and posted as Director Town Planning, Provincial Housing Authority while Muhammad Bashir BS-18, deputy director FMIU Finance Department, has been authorised to hold additional charge of director FMIU Finance Department



On March 16, Ziaullah Toru had said that his department recovered a massive Rs1.6 billion from corrupt officials, including lawmakers, and over 3,600 cases of corruption were being probed across the province.