6-month reports sought from ministers

Accountability committee directs cabinet members to submit them by Jan 30

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PESHAWAR:

The accountability committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought a six-month performance report from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's ministers.

All the ministers have been directed to submit the report to the Anti-Corruption Advisor by January 30.

Similarly, the committee has sought a four-month performance report from the provincial government.

A toolkit has been issued for the cabinet members. The committee has directed the cabinet members to make the operation of the departments transparent, corruption-free and public-friendly.

They have been asked to prepare a comprehensive written response as per the toolkit and submit it by January 30.

The ministers will submit the reports of their respective departments to Anti-Corruption Advisor Mosaddiq Abbasi.

The performance of cabinet members will be reviewed every six months according to the toolkit.

A performance index will be prepared and sent to Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and the founder chairman Imran Khan.

It may be recalled that last year Imran Khan had constituted a committee to evaluate the performance of the ministers after receiving complaints.

Six days ago, the accountability committee had summoned the Minister for Social Welfare, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, over charges of corruption.

Officials told The Express Tribune that Shah had been summoned on charges of abuse of power and alleged corruption.

The decision had been taken after complaints were received against him in his capacity as both the Minister for Health and the Minister for Social Welfare.

Six months ago, the health portfolio had been taken away from Syed Qasim Ali Shah and he had been given the Social Welfare portfolio instead after the chief minister had expressed dissatisfaction with his performance.

The PTI accountability committee has three members including Musaddiq Abbasi, Shah Farman and Qazi Anwar Advocate.

The committee will submit its report on Syed Qasim Ali Shah to the PTI founder.

It is worth mentioning here that a PTI lawmaker, Shakeel Khan, had earlier been removed from the KP cabinet after he had approached Imran Khan and alleged widespread corruption by the government in the province.

Following his removal from the cabinet, he had termed the 'Good Governance Committee' established on the instructions of PTI founder Imran Khan a 'Bad Governance Committee.'

But Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandpaur has claimed that the summary of Shakeel Khan's de-notification had been sent on the recommendation of the committee.

Imran Khan was reportedly displeased over the internal differences.