The Central Vice President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh accused the Sindh government of wreaking havoc on civil service officers and ruining their careers by involving them in corrupt practices.
Haleem, in a statement issued here, said that honest officers having good reputation after posting in Sindh either become or made part of the corruption system as there has been an administrative catastrophe in Sindh.
He said that following transfers of civil service officers as per rotation policy under E&D rules, the Chief Minister Sindh had called an emergency meeting saying that his system would not work without transferred officers.
Haleem observed that corruption cases were pending against three former chief secretaries of Sindh besides Ghulam Haider Jamali, a former IGP who had numerous corruption cases registered against him.
Moreover, there are cases against 25 provincial secretaries which include 15 in service and 10 retired bureaucrats, Haleem said and added that as many as 1550 government officers and other officials were facing corruption cases.
Haleem said that in Sindh, 850 officers had confessed their corrupt practices and paid back through Voluntary Return and Play Bargain while National Accountability Bureau had recovered Rs 35 billion from those officers.
Haleem pointed out that 800 officers had been re-appointed after the plea bargain while some of the confessing officers had also got departmental promotions.
The opposition leader in Sindh termed the decision of the Establishment Division as justified and legal.
Sheikh while dismissing the point of Murad Ali Shah said that rules clearly define that only appointment of Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police is made in consultation with the provincial government.
There were differences between IG Sindh and Chief Minister on the issue of Farrukh Bashir’s promotion, Haleem Adil Sheikh stated and questioned.
How CM Murad Ali Shah could refer to rule as he wanted his blue eyed officer Farrukh Bashir’s out of turn promotion? He said that officers who do not comply with the rotation policy would also have their hands stained with corruption or those officers are going to ravage their career and bright future by staying in Sindh.
