Sehwan Development Authority DG removes several top officers
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In a controversial move, several top officers of Sehwan Development Authority (SDA), including Planning and Development Control Director and Land Management Deputy Director, were relieved of their duties without any specified reasons.
The notification stated that any official activity conducted by these officers from May 11 will be considered illicit and treated as null and void. The Director General of the SDA, Saeed Sualeh Jumani, who himself is facing controversies related to his pay scale and dual charges, assigned two officers to immediately get the office rooms vacated from the ten officers and take into custody all the official records, stamps, registers, ledgers, and official vehicles. Non-compliance will result in stern action, warned Jumani.
An official from the SDA, who requested anonymity, suggested that the reason for the removal of these officers might be related to their refusal to comply with Jumani's whims. It is alleged that Jumani, a BS-19 officer who has been given two BS-20 charges, acts as a full-fledged head of the SDA, despite only having been given the look-after charge.
The SDA's jurisdiction extends to near Karachi, and a number of housing schemes are being launched by Karachi-based builders and developers within the authority's jurisdiction. However, the Sindh government has failed to appoint a full-time DG in the SDA, and the Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) is also being headed by an acting DG who is actually the deputy commissioner of Hyderabad.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2023.