Off the hook: FC commandant released by court
NAB had filed the reference against the official for misuse of authority.
PESHAWAR:
An accountability court issued orders for the release of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Malik Naveed on Monday.
Naveed was being detained in a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that had charged him of misusing his authority as Frontier Constabulary (FC) Commandant and conducting illegal recruitment of about 500 people.
(Read: Corruption charges - Former police chief wanted by NAB surfaces in Peshawar)
Judge Afsar Shah, while giving the decision, ordered release of Naveed along with Police Support Officer-I Ghaniur Rahman Wazir, ATO Hamid Hassan and former District Officer FC Muhammad Shoaib.
NAB had filed the reference, on Novemeber 24, 2010, in the accountability court seeking trial of the former IGP for misuse of his authority. NAB sent a brief of the case to its head office regarding the case in which the officials of FC, including its former commandant, were blamed for recruiting candidates illegally.
After conducting the tests and interviews, the body prepared a list of 776 recommended candidates with an additional 183 in the reserve list.
However, according to the case brief, the commandant appointed 1,246 candidates out of whom only 750 were recommended by the committee while the remaining 496 were recruited illegally, the case brief noted.
According to the case brief, an advertisement was published in newspapers for available posts in the FC on May 28, 2006.
The venue for the test and interview was mentioned as the constabulary’s headquarters in Shabqadar, which was later changed to FC Headquarters in Hayatabad for unknown reasons. Also, the FC office did not provide the corrigendum to the NAB probe team despite reminders.
After the advertisement, the FC commandant formed a five-member committee to conduct tests and interviews and prepare merit list.
Some of the committee members included district officers of FC Hayatabad, Hangu and assistant district officers of the constabulary in Shabqadar.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 11th, 2011.
An accountability court issued orders for the release of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Malik Naveed on Monday.
Naveed was being detained in a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that had charged him of misusing his authority as Frontier Constabulary (FC) Commandant and conducting illegal recruitment of about 500 people.
(Read: Corruption charges - Former police chief wanted by NAB surfaces in Peshawar)
Judge Afsar Shah, while giving the decision, ordered release of Naveed along with Police Support Officer-I Ghaniur Rahman Wazir, ATO Hamid Hassan and former District Officer FC Muhammad Shoaib.
NAB had filed the reference, on Novemeber 24, 2010, in the accountability court seeking trial of the former IGP for misuse of his authority. NAB sent a brief of the case to its head office regarding the case in which the officials of FC, including its former commandant, were blamed for recruiting candidates illegally.
After conducting the tests and interviews, the body prepared a list of 776 recommended candidates with an additional 183 in the reserve list.
However, according to the case brief, the commandant appointed 1,246 candidates out of whom only 750 were recommended by the committee while the remaining 496 were recruited illegally, the case brief noted.
According to the case brief, an advertisement was published in newspapers for available posts in the FC on May 28, 2006.
The venue for the test and interview was mentioned as the constabulary’s headquarters in Shabqadar, which was later changed to FC Headquarters in Hayatabad for unknown reasons. Also, the FC office did not provide the corrigendum to the NAB probe team despite reminders.
After the advertisement, the FC commandant formed a five-member committee to conduct tests and interviews and prepare merit list.
Some of the committee members included district officers of FC Hayatabad, Hangu and assistant district officers of the constabulary in Shabqadar.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 11th, 2011.