E&ACE takes notice of fake phone calls to govt officers

Chairman says fake calls aimed at tarnishing the image of department

KARACHI:

The Enquiries & Anti-corruption Establishment (E&ACE) taking serious note of the fake phone calls made in the name of its chairman to the officers of different provincial departments and authorities, including KDA have initiated probe under cybercrime laws.

Chairman E&ACE Dr Nawaz Shaikh through a statement has said that some fraudulent people through a four-digit web-based number called officers of different provincial departments, authorities such as KDA, autonomous bodies and semi-government departments and demanded bribery on behalf of the chairman.

The statement says that the E&ACE never makes phone calls for any inquiry or complaints to the officers but to entertain any complaint or inquiry there is an official procedure for which call up notices are issued after initial inquiries.

The fake calls in the name of the chairman are aimed at defaming the department and tarnish its image.

The anti-corruption establishment has initiated an inquiry into the matter on its own and through FIA so that such unscrupulous elements could be brought to book.

The chairman ACE urged the officers of all the provincial government departments to file their complaints of fake calls.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 9^th, 2022.