The Central Vice President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh has said Sindh has become an ignoble model of criminal governance where the executive pillar of state was pursuing a single point agenda of corruption.
“PPP’s provincial government does not tolerate reputable and honest officers in Sindh and only feel comfortable with officers who join their corrupt system and lend a hand in corruption and other illegal practices.”
Haleem Adil Sheikh, while addressing a press conference here at Sindh Assembly Building on Friday, said that CM Sindh called an emergency meeting following the transfer of civil service officers because he was afraid of implementation on other provisions of Efficiency and Discipline Rules.
The E&D rules prevent posting of officers under allegation of corruption, dismissal of those officers from service who settled the cases through plea bargain or voluntary return while action may be taken on assets beyond known source of income as well.
He said that over 1500 higher officers in Sindh were under investigation by National Accountability Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency for corruption, misuse of authority and other charges of the same nature.
The opposition leader quoting a NAB report submitted in Sindh High Court stated that Rs 35 billion were recovered from 850 officers who confessed their corrupt practices and paid back through Voluntary Return and Play Bargain while investigation against 700 more was at different stages.
Haleem said that 15 secretary level officers including Jamil Mandhro, Ajaz Baloch, Aftab Memon, Ghulam Mustafa Phul and Bachal Rahupoto had charge of important departments in Sindh despite of the fact that they were under allegations of corruption and cases were being investigated by NAB.
Haleem Adil Sheikh observed that corruption cases were pending against former chief secretaries and secretaries of Sindh including Siddique Memon, Ghulam Ali Pasha, Shamsuddin Soomro, Abdus Subhan Memon and a former IG Police Ghulam Haider Jamali.
Sindh is the only province of the country where deputy commissioners are billionaire, he said adding that when an officer gets posting on any ‘lucrative’ post in Sindh his overall status changes noticeably.
