The scam: One PPP minister gives, another takes away

Thousands of illegal appointments were made in collusion with education department’s 12 officials.

KARACHI:

Last year, The Express Tribune had reported that Dr Pechuho had formed an inquiry committee to investigate the alleged illegal appointments in the education department during the tenure of the former education minister and Karachi education directors, Shamsuddin Dal, Attaullah Bhutto and Qasim Baloch.

The four-member committee, headed by the education department’s special secretary, Shafiq Mahesar, had submitted its report, confirming that thousands of illegal appointments were made in collusion with the education department’s 12 officials, who took hefty sums in return.

The report, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune, recommended initiation of criminal cases against these officials while declaring the appointments null and void. The report stated that these appointments were made against the rules and regulations as no permission was sought from the education department.

“For a total of 698 Sindhi language teacher posts, these officials appointed 1,398 people,” added the report, claiming that this malpractice was also conducted for posts of physical training and workshop instructors as well as drawing and languages teachers.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2014.