Exercising powers: NAB chairman makes illegal appointments
Two officers, Muhammad Zaheer Shakeel and Madiha Irum, were appointed illegally.
Maj (retd) Syed Burhan Ali, who was serving as DG NAB Balochistan, has been transferred and posted as Director Awareness and Prevention (A&P) in Punjab. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
The chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, though investigating illegal appointments of Tauqir Sadiq and Adnan Khawaja in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), has appointed two officers illegally, according to official documents available with The Express Tribune.
Muhammad Zaheer Shakeel was appointed staff officer to the chairman in BPS-18 and Madiha Irum was appointed personal assistant to the chairman in BPS-17 illegally despite the facts that NAB had declared the postings of both officers as void from the beginning, documents further stated.
“Foregoing in view, it is proposed that NAB asks the Establishment Division to treat this bureau’s letter bearing No3 (873)/S/2012-PM-I respecting aforesaid officers as void-ab-initio,” the contents of the minutes’ sheet issued with the stamp and signature of Muhammad Farooq, Additional Director CP&PM read.
Bokhari used his powers under Section 28(f) of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999 to regularise the services of Shakeel and Irum, who were hired on contractual basis although neither of them fulfils the human resource criteria of NAB.
Irum had secured 37 out of 100 marks and Shakeel had secured 47 out of 100 marks in the National Testing Service (NTS) examination dated June 23, 2012 when they had applied for the post of BPS-17 and BPS-18 respectively.
The only eligibility of the two officials was the benevolence of the NAB chairman. Both Shakeel and Irum work for the educational institution run by the NAB chairman’s daughter, while he too is associated with this institution, officials of the bureau confirmed.
According to Para ‘C’ of the minutes sheet of Human Resources Wing of the NAB available with The Express Tribune, “Contractual employees working against posts that are to be filled through Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) must be clearly identified in the information to be furnished to the Cabinet Committee.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2013.
The chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari, though investigating illegal appointments of Tauqir Sadiq and Adnan Khawaja in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), has appointed two officers illegally, according to official documents available with The Express Tribune.
Muhammad Zaheer Shakeel was appointed staff officer to the chairman in BPS-18 and Madiha Irum was appointed personal assistant to the chairman in BPS-17 illegally despite the facts that NAB had declared the postings of both officers as void from the beginning, documents further stated.
“Foregoing in view, it is proposed that NAB asks the Establishment Division to treat this bureau’s letter bearing No3 (873)/S/2012-PM-I respecting aforesaid officers as void-ab-initio,” the contents of the minutes’ sheet issued with the stamp and signature of Muhammad Farooq, Additional Director CP&PM read.
Bokhari used his powers under Section 28(f) of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999 to regularise the services of Shakeel and Irum, who were hired on contractual basis although neither of them fulfils the human resource criteria of NAB.
Irum had secured 37 out of 100 marks and Shakeel had secured 47 out of 100 marks in the National Testing Service (NTS) examination dated June 23, 2012 when they had applied for the post of BPS-17 and BPS-18 respectively.
The only eligibility of the two officials was the benevolence of the NAB chairman. Both Shakeel and Irum work for the educational institution run by the NAB chairman’s daughter, while he too is associated with this institution, officials of the bureau confirmed.
According to Para ‘C’ of the minutes sheet of Human Resources Wing of the NAB available with The Express Tribune, “Contractual employees working against posts that are to be filled through Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) must be clearly identified in the information to be furnished to the Cabinet Committee.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2013.