While bypassing Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, the services general administration department (SGA&CD) has reappointed an officer, who was expelled from the department of Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr for his alleged corrupt practices in recruitment of over-limit and family members in the department, as the additional secretary education, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Auqaf Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar had taken notice of the corrupt practices of additional secretary Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr, Haneef Mirchiwala, and got him transferred from the department. However, the influential official got himself posted as additional secretary in the education department, the sources told Pakistan Today.
Interestingly, Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, when asked about the posting of Haneef Mirchiwala, showed annoyance saying neither he was informed nor he was consulted in this regard.
In his tenure as additional secretary, Haneef Mirchiwala, who was the chairman of the recruitment committee, got his sons and a daughter and two of his family drivers appointed in the department. Besides, he also made a number of extra appointments that resulted in non release of salaries of these appointees for the last five months.
There were a total of 24 vacant positions in the department of zakat, ushr and religious affairs. A high-level committee comprising additional secretary zakat, ushr and religious affairs Haneef Mirchiwala as its chairman and Additional Secretary Services, General Administration and Coordination Department (SGA&CD) Tayyab Hussain and section officer (admin) zakat, ushr and religious affairs were the members for the whole recruitment process.
These recruitments, their medical fitness and police verification were done in the mid of January 2013 that clearly shows violating the orders of Election Commission of Pakistan that imposed ban on any kind of new recruitment after December 2012.
According to a confidential list of appointees exclusively available with Pakistan Today, Hamid Hanif son of Haneef Mirchiwala was appointed as auditor (BPS-14), his daughter Sobia Haneef as auditor (BPS-14) and his two drivers were appointed in the department.
According to the list, Faizan Jalal son of Mohd Jalal, Bilawal Ali son of Aijaz Ali, Jameel Ahmed Siyal son of Ghulam Qadir, Anthony son of Parvaz, Irfan son of Fazalur Rehman and Fayaz Qadir son of Abdul Qadir Abbasi were recommended by the Chief Minister House for their appointments on different posts.
The then minister zakat, ushr and religious affairs Sajid Jokio recommended Mushtaq Ahmed son of Murad Mohammad, Ghulam Rasool son of Mohd Yousuf, Faqeer Mohammad son of Ali Khan, Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqui son of Naseem Siddiqui, Akhtar Ali son of Dodo Khan, Asim Khan son of Karamdad, Mohammad Aslam son of Ali Mashoq Rashidi, Babo Mehtab son of Nazakat Ali, Noman son of Amanullah Pir Sarhandi, Mohammad Aslam Khoso son of Pir Mohammad, Shafique Ahmed son of Abdul Hanan, Allah Bux son of Mohammad Sajjan, Tariq Aziz son of Murad Bux, Shahzaman son of Habibullah, Adnan Ashraf son of Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Khalid son of Ali Mohammad, Ashfaque Ahmed Siyal, Ali Murad and Khuda Bux.
The zakat and ushr secretary recommended Hameed Khan son of Anwar Shah, Nizakat Ali Soho son of Ghulam Ali Soho, Naeem Raza Jumani son of Mir Hazar Khan Jumani, Saddam Hussain son of Malik Mohammad Akram, Kamran Jumani son of Imdad Ali Jumani, Shaoib ur Rehman son of Dilshad Ali, Ahsan Nadeem son of Nadeem Nazir, Sajjad son of Mohammad Usman Solangi, Soomal Jumani d/o Ghulam Ali Jumani and Ravi Shankar son of Chettan Das.
The additional secretary zakat and ushr, Hameef Mirchiwala, recommended his son Hamid Hanif, daughter Sobia Haneef, two drivers Ahsan Raza son of Safder Mehdi and Amin Khan son of Firoz Khan, and Ghulam Ahmed son of Ghulam Akbar as accountant.
Interestingly, the additional secretary, SGA&CD who was supposed to ensure recruitments on merit basis also recommended Zeeshan son of Iqbal, Irfan Atiqur Rehman son of Atiqur Rehman, Ghulam Akbar son of Mehbood Ali and Shahryar son of Mohammad Qayyum for different positions.
Further, the sources said that there were some 24 vacant positions however more than 53 persons recruited that has created salary problems for the others staff recommended by Chief Minister House and the Minister Zakat and Ushr.
“I am a government servant, keeps on transfers and postings. Please don’t file the story as it brings bad repute to the department”, Haneef Mirchiwala, told Pakistan Today when contacted. However, he did not listen and disconnected the phone.
