Busted: Patwari sacked for taking bribe

LAHORE: A patwari has been dismissed after he was caught taking a bribe in order to do his job. Officials of the Anti-Corruption Establishment had caught Amir Hussain taking Rs50,000 from Syed Muhammad Ali for the issuance of a No Objection Certificate for a property transaction in Gulberg. Ali had complained to ACE that Hussain had demanded Rs0.6m for the NOC. The ACE officials had then set up a sting operation to catch the patwari red handed. The LDA held a departmental inquiry which found the patwari guilty, according to a press release issued by the LDA on Thursday. Administration Director Khalid Pervaiz dismissed Hussain from service under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act of 2006.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24^th, 2012.