Bending rules: Political deputations rankle FIA
Appointments made in contravention of prescribed procedures.
Officers had been illegally transferred to FIA on deputation basis from unconcerned departments. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
Deputation of officers from unconcerned departments on operational assignments at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were made in contravention of prescribed procedures and 109 such officers illegally conducted inquiries of high-profile cases, revealed a letter to interior secretary by the Director General (DG) FIA.
The letter, available with The Express Tribune revealed that these officers had been illegally transferred to FIA on deputation basis from unconcerned departments, creating administrative difficulties as senior officers of the agency viewed it as an infringement of their rights.
Highlighting cases of impropriety in deputations, the DG FIA has requested the ministry of interior to discourage the growing tendency of posting officers from unconcerned departments to FIA against laid down procedures.
Despite reshuffling at the federal and provincial levels, officers transferred to FIA because of close links with politicians in the outgoing Pakistan Peoples Party led government continue to serve on their posts.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2013.
Deputation of officers from unconcerned departments on operational assignments at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were made in contravention of prescribed procedures and 109 such officers illegally conducted inquiries of high-profile cases, revealed a letter to interior secretary by the Director General (DG) FIA.
The letter, available with The Express Tribune revealed that these officers had been illegally transferred to FIA on deputation basis from unconcerned departments, creating administrative difficulties as senior officers of the agency viewed it as an infringement of their rights.
Highlighting cases of impropriety in deputations, the DG FIA has requested the ministry of interior to discourage the growing tendency of posting officers from unconcerned departments to FIA against laid down procedures.
Despite reshuffling at the federal and provincial levels, officers transferred to FIA because of close links with politicians in the outgoing Pakistan Peoples Party led government continue to serve on their posts.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2013.