NAB files references against former PHA officials

PHA Foundation advertised for 238 posts from BPS-1 to 18 in 2011


News Desk May 04, 2017
PHA Foundation advertised for 238 posts from BPS-1 to 18 in 2011. PHOTO: FILE

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi bureau has filed a reference against former officials of the Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) Foundation for illegal recruitment.

According to a statement issued by the bureau, the reference had been filed against PHA Foundation’s former chief executive officer Rasul Bux Phulpoto, ex-administration director Riaz Ahmed, former deputy director Abid Saeed.

The anti-corruption watchdog had noted that the PHA Foundation advertised for 238 posts from BPS-1 to 18 in 2011. Subsequently, the foundation recruited 194 officers in 2012 in violation of the Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) Service Rules, 2011.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2017.

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