The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved filing of a reference against former prime minister Shaukat Aziz.
According to a notification issued by the NAB, former minister for power and water Liaquat Jatoi, former federal s
ecretary Ismail Qureshi, former additional s
ecretary Y
ousaf Memon, former joint s
ecretary Ghulam Nabi Mangrio, former section officer Umar Farooq, former chairman Alternative Energy Development Boa
rd Air Marshal (r) Shahid Hamid, former s
ecretary AEDB Brig. Dr Nasim A Khan and former DG AEDB Dr Basharat Hasan Bashir over illegal appointment of Basharat Hasan Bashir as consultant in MP-II scale.
According to the reference, the accused persons illegally appointed Basharat Hasan Bashir as consultant in MP-II scale without following prescribed procedures and rules and without consulting proper channels in violation of the rules of business. Moreover, the appointment was made retrospectively wef 01-06-2006 in violation of MP scale policy guidelines and AE
DBR17;s
own service regulations without open competition.
Published in Daily Times, July 31st 2018.
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