KARACHI:
All eyes are set on the government’s response to FCS situation that has developed following the arrests of the Fisheries Cooperative Society’s key officials by Rangers, as emerged on Thursday.
According to sources, officials of the Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority have sent letters to the chief secretary with a request to replace private persons on the 15 member FCS board with government officials.
The absence of officials and appointment of private individuals with criminal record on the FCS board was one of the major ills afflicting the FCS for the past 10 to 12 years, sources said.
“Presently, all the eight government-nominated directors are private individuals who have little knowledge of laws and their implementation. Due to this, the FCS management has been involved in maladministration, mismanagement and misuse of powers and funds of the society,” says a recent letter sent by additional secretary of the cooperation department to the chief secretary.