The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) authorities are reluctant to obey the orders of the Sindh government that it should appoint a grade 18 officer as its deputy director.
The orders were issued by the Sindh chief secretary through the Services and General Administration Department in compliance with Supreme Court of Pakistan orders.
In a petition, former Port Qasim Authority officer Jabbar Memon, citing the matter of his posting, also raised the matter of some 700 illegal appointments t the authority.
The Supreme Court ordered a complete inquiry into the matter and the news item regarding the matter, published in Pakistan Today under the heading: “700 illegal appointments in Port Qasim”, was taken as the part of the case’s record.
In an order passed on February 8, the Supreme Court granted three more weeks for examining the record and submitting a comprehensive report on the alleged illegal appointments.
On February 25, the Sindh chief secretary again sent an urgent letter to the PDMA director general telling him to obey the orders as the officer concerned, Memon, had filed a contempt of court application in apex court.
Earlier, Sindh Advocate General Fatah Malak, in his letter to chief secretary, made it clear that the PDMA authorities are reluctant to obey the orders of provincial government, so he, as the principal law officer of the province, will not stand on their behalf.
The Supreme Court in its order had directed the provincial government to appoint petitioner Jabbar Memon to any suitable place. In pursuance of the orders, the government posted him as the PDMA deputy director. But the authority’s director general, Danish Saeed, did not obey the orders and told the chief secretary in a letter that a lady doctor should be appointed in Memon’s place.
The chief secretary rejected his argument and again ordered him to comply with the previous order, but the PDMA director general refused to do so.
Talking to Pakistan Today, the PDMA director general confirmed that he did not appoint Memon and suggested to the Sindh government that a lady doctor be appointed as per the instructions of the UNDP.
