Bogus allotments unearthed in Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation
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ISLAMABAD: (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday ordered to initiate legal proceedings against four officers of Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation (PHAF) for their involvement in the fraudulent and bogus allotment of executive apartments to certain government officers.
The Prime Minister also annulled as "void ab initio" the entire allotment process being fraudulent and bogus, according to a notification issued by the PM's Office here.
The notification dated July 29 reads: "A fact-finding probe was ordered by the Prime Minister, vide PM's Office u.o. of even number, dated June 16, 2016, into the allotment of executive apartments to certain government officers by the Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation (PHAF) who were neither members of the Foundation nor had they sought any such allotment. On consideration of the findings of this fact-finding probe and the recommendations contained in the report (enclosed), the Prime Minister has been pleased to order as follows:
(i) The entire allotment process, being fraudulent and bogus, stands annulled and void ab initio;
(ii) In the future, the Ministry of Housing & Works shall advertize (a) complete specifications of available apartments, built houses or plots, as the case may be, along with (b) eligibility criteria for officers who wish to become members PHAF;
(iii) Ministry of Housing & Works/PHAF shall also develop comprehensive bylaws to ensure transparency and equal opportunity in all future PHAF projects;
(iv) The two officers who have been identified in the report as bearing the primary responsibility for the fraudulent and bogus allotment under consideration, i.e. Mr.
Muhammad Ilyas, MD PHAF and Syeda Shafaq Ali, Director Land and Estate, PHAF, shall be immediately placed under suspension;
(v) The two officers who have been identified in the report as bearing the secondary responsibility, i.e. Mr. Javed Iqbal, Director Admn, PHAF and Mr. Usman Sarosh Alvi, Deputy Secretary Housing & Works, shall be immediately transferred from their current positions and shall not be posted in the Ministry of Housing & Works or its affiliated organizations in future; and,
(vi) Joint proceedings under the Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules 1973 shall be initiated against all four officers for their misconduct and/or negligence of duty as identified in the fact-finding probe.
- Further, the Prime Minister has been pleased to appoint Mr. Muhammad Amlish, Director General, Federal Investigation Agency, as the Authorized Officer to proceed, under and in accordance with the Government Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules 1973, against all four officers named at sub-paras (iv) and (v) of the first para above.
- Further necessary action be taken immediately to implement the Prime Minister's orders."
