Rauf Klasra exposes bureaucrats’ corruption in Pakistan
Corrupt civil bureaucrats usually find it convenient to cooperate with corrupt military bureuaucrats
The parliamentary watch-dog of the government, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), is in possession of a list of 450 members of the bureaucracy who have benefitted from the riches on offer via the plot allotment policy promoted by successive prime ministers.
These plots, given to top bureaucrats, were mostly allotted in the most expensive I-8 sector, where one plot is worth over Rs40million in the open market. The list also contains the names of non-bureaucrats, who were probably friends or relatives of past prime ministers.
However, this list, submitted by the housing ministry, does not directly name the prime ministers who made the allotments in up-market residential localities to their preferred civil servants. Sources privy to the intrigues of the capital said that it is only after incumbent prime ministers use their discretionary powers to dish out a round of plots among senior civil servants do they start getting the bureaucrats’ cooperation in governance.
The official documents tabled before the PAC and exclusively available with The Express Tribune reveal that former prime ministers allotted plots in I-8, E-12 and D-12 sectors.
The exclusive and so far secret list of these beneficiaries of past prime ministers’ discretionary powers, were sought by the chairman PAC Ch. Nisar Ali Khan in one of the recent meetings at Islamabad.
However, the ministry of housing and works has not shared full details with the PAC.
Sources said that, without identifying the chief executives of the country that had misused their discretionary powers, this whole exercise, undertaken on the orders of the PAC, would amount to nothing.
One official source said that the list has been made ambiguous by withholding a number of important facts in order to hide the real motives behind the allotments to civil servants by past prime ministers.
In the list, the ministry of housing and works has only given the subject “list of applicants to whom plots were allotted – special allocation.” No further details have been given about these ‘special allocations’ and how they were made.
Some of the big names of the past who benefitted from such allotments were: A Rehman Malik, Javed Masood, Shaukat Hussain, Zaheeurdin Babar, Mumtaz Ahmad, Masood Sahrif (former IB chief), Rabia Noor, Shaukat Ali Sheikh, Zafar Ali Hilali (former ambassador), Javed Hassan Aly (civil servant), Abdul Rauf Ch, Ahmed Masood Chaudhri, Abdul Waheed Qazi, Riaz Hussain Qureshi (former PPP MNA from Multan), Aslam Shami, S K Mehmood, Aslam Shami, Manzoor Memon, Aslam Hayat Qureshi (former Chief Secretary Punjab), Mirza Qaswar Saeed (former DG Public Relations Farooq Leghari), Zaheer Khan, Syed Mohib Asad (former DG FIA), Javed Akthar Sheikh, Sardar Anwar Ahmed Khan, Ashfaq Mahmood, Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Mutawakil Qazi, Shauja Shah, Zafar Hussain Mirza ( judge), Shamsher Ali Khan (former principal secretary to President Farooq Leghari), Mohammad Shoaib Suddle (former IG Karachi), Khawaja Mohammad Hamid, Syed Anwar Mahmood, Javed Masood, Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, Nek Mohammad, Zulfikar Ali Khan (major general) and others.
The list of higher judiciary judges who were given plots in the past and even during the present government on the orders of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as a part of an ‘Assistance Package’ was carried by The Express Tribune on Wednesday.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 28th, 2010.
This is Pakistan, if the corruption is done it is done. If you can not take back the Goverment property then it is better to shut up and do some constructive work, or atleast do some policy making that this can not be done in future.
What can you expect from the theives holding position in the present govt.
can someone check whether any journalists have been allotted government homes? I know that saleh zaafir has been given an accommodation in isb with his wife as front, who is grade 17 officer
EXCELLENT !
Corrupt bureaucracy , particularly DMG group, of Pakistan is responsible for its destruction rather than politicians. This group knows nothing but enjoy posting in all departments which are technical in nature like Ministry of science and technology, agriculture, petroleum, communication and works, railways, health, education, food, PIA,wapda etc. They only know how to make transfers and postings and costly machinery purchases or kickbacks in big projects of their departments. Their agenda is to mint money and make investments in foreign countries. Resultantly Pakistan is destroyed and deserted of good brains. To curb this practice postings of DMG group be stopped in technical departments: posting transfers in departments be made by approval of a governing board consisting of members from elected bodies like chamber of commerces, high court bars, labour bodies, representative bodies of teachers, engineers and doctors, kissan forums, mpas, mnas, etc. Induction in this group be made in BS-20 from all other departments including private sector and all should appear including DMG group officers in BS-19 for competitive exam for BS-20. Comprehensive medical screening be made at level of BS-19 officers of DMG group and those found suffering from diseases like diabetes, hypertension or other chronic serious ailments be retired like in army.
Posting of Fawad ahmad Fawad as additional secretary cabinet has unfolded corrupt agenda of loot and plunder of PML-N government. Fawad ahmad Fawad as secretary health of Punjab government with “ chothi mian sahib” had played havoc with Punjab health department by plundering its resources in making purchases of costly useless machinery still lying unutilized and Punjab health department still licking wounds inflicted by this corrupt man. His brothers are contractors of FWO and now like RBT of Lahore another era of loot and plunder will be unleashed by “mian brothers” through these dummy contractors.
Posting of nadeem Hassan asif as chairman capital development authority-tout of baray and chotay mian sahib-soon cda will be bankrupt- lootsale of plots in cda under names of widows, orphans will start soon. Honest officer tahir shahbaz removed and replaced by corrupt officer!! God help pakistan
Anwar Ahmad Khan secretary water and power-“multani thug” blue eyed chap of yousaf raza gillani made billions from purchases and underhand deals –as secretary health Punjab, made dubious rate contracts-extended rate contracts illegally in next financial years, corrupt practices as secretary communication and works –now minting money as secretary water and power-check his assets-invested in usa, uk and dubai. A black spot on bureaucracy.