Official found handing out hampers from office

The Deputy Director of Local Government and Community Development, Khalid Ghasoora, had suspended the secretary of a union council and issued show cause notices to seven others for violating the Ramazan Nigehban scheme SOPs. The initiative of the Punjab government is aimed at providing relief to the deserving people of the province by delivering hampers containing ration to their homes for the holy month. According to sources in the department, Union Council-9 Secretary Sabir Ali was found violating the standard operating procedures set for delivering the packages to the beneficiaries. He has been accused of distributing the ration packets from his office instead of taking the, to the homes of the identified beneficiaries. The deputy director also sought explanation from seven UC secretaries after issuing show cause notices with instructions to file replies within two days. The officials will face strict departmental action if proven delinquent in fulfilling their responsibilities related to the relief package. The source said it had transpired during initial investigations that Secretary Muhammad Ashraf of UC-172, Akbar Ali of UC-94, ZA Amir of UC-100, Rashid Mahmood of UC-97, Alam Sher of UC-93, Muhammad Ali of UC-66 and Munir Ahmad were not implementing the SOPs. They are suspected of committing irregularities in the distribution process and hampering the government’s efforts to provide relief to the deserving people.   Published in The Express Tribune, March 11th, 2024.

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