secretary electricity Fayyaz Abbasi survives attempt
The Azad Jammu and
Kashmir (AJK) government on Friday transferred four secretaries, making two of
them 'officers on special duty' (OSD) for unspecified reasons.
According to a
notification, issued by the Services and General Administration Department,
secretary law, justice and parliamentary affairs Idrees Abbasi and secretary
communication and works (C&W) Mohammad Ilyas Abbasi were “posted and
transferred" against the newly created BS-20 posts of OSDs.
Secretary Kashmir
Liberation Cell Zahid Khan Abbasi was transferred as secretary C&W and
secretary Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) was posted as
secretary law, justice and parliamentary affairs.
However, Mr
Qureshi will continue to hold the additional charge of secretary LG&RD
until further orders.
A source in ruling PPP said the decision to remove these officers was taken at Kashmir House a few days ago. However, he said he was not aware of the reason behind it, even though the C&W secretary is known for his "qualities" to keep his bosses "content" with him.
Civil secretariat
was abuzz with rumours that the government also wanted to remove secretary
electricity Fayyaz Ali Abbasi, a BS-21 officer, allegedly under the pressure of
former Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Anwaar ul Haq, who heads the
so-called ‘good governance committee’ of the ruling PPP.
Mr Haq was said to
be angry with Mr Fayyaz Abbasi, alleging that he had unlawfully given
electricity poles to Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, his electoral rival and the sitting
PML-N legislator from Bhimber city.
However,
sources said, the move to transfer Mr Abbasi was shelved by the government,
reportedly after sensing the mood of chief secretary Sikandar Sultan
Raja.
Mr Farooq told
this scribe that the electricity department had allocated 15 electricity
poles for his constituency on his recommendation as the MLA concerned.
The poles could
not be installed for want of allied equipment and were lying in a factory, but
the administration raided the residences of his workers to under
the pressure of Mr Haq to "recover poles."
Mr Farooq said
poles were allocated to all legislators on the same pattern, but he
was targeted due to his affiliation with the opposition.
In a related move,
the government transferred SP Bhimber Chaudhry Munir Hussain, allegedly after
his refusal to frame some PML-N activists for “unlawful possession of
electricity poles.”
He was
posted in the prime minister’s secretariat against the post of chief security
officer which had fallen vacant recently after the recent transfer of Mirza
Zahid as additional SP Mirpur.
DSP Bhimber Nadeem
Arif was tasked to look after the affairs of SP Bhimber till further orders.
Meanwhile, SP
Traffic Yasin Baig was also transferred and posted as SP Haveli on current
charge basis, a post that had fallen vacant after the retirement of Sardar
Shadab Khan.
Tariq
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