–Millions in losses accrued to civic agency due to illegal and unlawful promotions
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered an FIR [First Information Report] against two former Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairmen Inayat Ellahi and Farkhand Iqbal, along with 34 officers who had been promoted against rules and regulations of the CDA Employees Service Regulation (1992) and memorandum issued by the Establishment Division.
According to the FIR registered under Section 409/109 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on charges of criminal breach of trust and abettment are to be investigated. The FIR reads that a number of employees of various directorates and formations of CDA had illegally been upgraded in violation of rules and regulations during the year 2007-2013.
“This illegal act is not only causing constant financial loss of millions of rupees to public exchequer and wrongful gain to beneficiaries but is also promoting disparity amongst employees,” the FIR reads.
It is pertinent to mention here that according to Section 3(2) of the CDA’s own law that governs promotions and postings, it is expressly stated that in all matters not expressly provided for in these regulations, employees shall be governed by appropriate rules, orders and instructions of the federal government.
The 34 employees were given out of turn promotions which constituted an abuse of power. The employees include former members Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Ali Shah, director General Law Najma Azhar, deputy director Amaadud-din, Atta Bari, Yasir Latif Gul, Muhammad Khan Niazi, Javed Masih, Kausar Abbas and others.
Inspector Irfan Azim Burni of FIA Islamabad will investigate the matter.
Section 409 of Pakistan Penal Code deals with the criminal breach of trust by a public servant, or by a banker, merchant or agent.
“Whoever being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property in his capacity of a public servant or in the way of his business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine,” it reads.
