ISLAMABAD – Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar, Minister for planning has sentpacking home a senior bureaucrat for not obeying the new orders.
Shahid Zia Cheema, a grade-20 officer currently posted as chief of PublicInvestment Program (PIP) section was removed after he objected to theMinister’s orders.
Mr Cheema had voiced reservations over the revisions carried out by thesecretary on the distribution of official works without prior go-ahead ofthe National Economic Council (NEC), reports *The News.*
In another twist, a new controversy came forth when Ali Bat Khan, agrade-21 officer of Planning Commission posted as the joint chief economist(operation) declined to remove Cheema from his position stating the formerhad not filed any complaint against the latter and hence he couldn’t beremoved without taking him into confidence.
Mr Khan stated illegal orders forwarded by the authorities wouldn’t beenforced by the subordinates taking the decision of Supreme Court ofPakistan (SCP) in Anita Turab case into consideration.Also, the ministry of planning on the wishes of United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) has changed Mr Zafar Ul Hassan from the post of ChiefSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Project Director (PD) of SDGs.
Till further notice, all three posts of chiefs PIP, SDGs and PD SDGs havebeen handed over to Shahid Naeem.