Re-organisation of anti-corruption department suggested

Appointment of senior directors at division, district levels proposed

KARACHI:

The committee set up to reorganise the provincial anti-corruption department, has given its suggestions, in which, it has suggested to appoint two new senior directors of grade 20 in the department along with the appointment of grade 19 directors at division level and appointment of deputy directors in grade 18 at district level to improve the department’s performance.

The committee formed under the chairmanship of the Special Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Department, Bakhsh Ali Mehr has given suggestions to eliminate the posts of 200 constables and increase the posts of officer cadre in their place.

According to the declaration (minutes) of the meeting issued by the committee, regarding the reorganisation of the department, along with the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment, the work procedure and structure of the KPK department were also reviewed.

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Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar had given instructions to the chief secretary Sindh to give suggestions regarding the restructuring of the Sindh’s Anti-Corruption Department.Chief secretary had formed a committee under the chairmanship of Special Secretary Anti-Corruption Bakhsh Ali Chachar, comprising Director of Establishment Shehzad Fazal Abbasi, Deputy Directors Khadim Rajpar, Arif Shah, Assistant Director Irfan Arbab and Section Officer Faraz Shah and directed the committee to review all the laws and functioning of anti-corruption departments of other provinces and report in this regard. A suggestion to eliminate the existing system of ACCs One, Two and Three to deal with investigations, registration of cases and authorisation of open inquiries in anti-corruption department and to replace it by a provincial committee headed by a chairman and a divisional committee headed by the director was also given. In the recommendations of the committee, it has also been asked to convert the post of director establishment from grade 19 to grade 20, the most important post of the anti-corruption department.

It is recommended to appoint two senior directors (executive) and (legal) of Grade 20 at the Anti-Corruption Headquarters.

It has been recommended to create 12 more posts of deputy directors, 41 assistant directors, 14 inspectors, 102 ASIs, 24 data entry operators in the department.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 3^rd, 2024.