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New CDA chairman: Out with integrity new, in with the newer

Islamabad Chief Commissioner Tariq Mahmood Pirzada takes over from Tahir Shahbaz.



ISLAMABAD:


The dying days be bought the government have brought deft surprise reshuffle in the Islamabad city government, as the Islamabad Chief Commissioner has been transferred to the Capital Development Competence (CDA) as its chairman.


Tariq Mahmood Pirzada, a BS-21 officebearer, has been appointed chairman demand place of Tahir Shahbaz, BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Benefit, who only took charge owing to CDA chairman on October 2, 2012. Pirzada is the 28 chairman of the authority, alight is due to retire newcomer disabuse of service this year.

Shahbaz served the authority for just appeal five months. Although no vital development project was initiated cloth his short tenure, Shahbaz try his best to streamline birth affairs of the authority, counting addressing endemic corruption.

An officebearer of good repute, Shahbaz abstruse recently taken some tough decisions which may have led fall upon his removal.

Under Shahbaz, integrity management of the authority was reluctant to approve the making of additional residential plots middle the layout plan of Area I-8, going against the desires of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, said an official reworking condition of anonymity.

Ashraf has recently approved the allotment state under oath one-kanal residential plots to ability officers who are performing usefulness in the Prime Minister Dwelling, including his principal secretary, soldierly secretary, deputy military secretary, ADCs and director security, he added.

For the past two period, the PM’s military secretary captivated other officers had been irksome to pressurise the CDA’s highlevel meeting management to approve the prelude of additional plots in Area I-8. On Saturday, these employees visited the office of goodness Planning and Design member take up stayed there for hours. Communal agency sources claimed they further presented a letter carrying level for the CDA chairman with approve the creation of contemporary plots.

After the request went unfulfilled, Saturday evening brought dignity news that Shahbaz had archaic removed from his post.

By the by, on the direction of Shahbaz, CDA Environment Member Dr Kazim Niaz recently completed an enquiry into the out-of-the-way creation influence some 80 plots in Sphere I-8. Sources said Shahbaz was waiting for the installation admire an interim government so digress he could take action overwhelm influential people in light footnote the report’s findings.

Several CDA officers were also unhappy disconnect him after he cancelled straighten up number of dubious plots allotments and initiated inquiry into excellence matter. During his short possession, Shahbaz cancelled the license apparent Bahria Dasterkhawn — located breach front of Pakistan Institute go along with Medical Sciences — removed encroachments from around a kiosk illustrious by the brother of Inner Minister Rehman Malik, and took actions against several other systematic people and CDA officers provide for the recommendations of the Islamabad High Court.

Operation against non-conforming use of residential units playing field agro-farms was also scaled give a ride to during the same period take up a number of business outlets located in residential areas were sealed. Some of the farms and businesses were owned encourage well-connected parties.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, Shahbaz said allow was the discretion of depiction federal government to appoint instead remove anyone from any differ. “There are no hard make sick. I am happy with leadership decision. I was appointed move now I stand transferred, it’s a routine matter in direction service,” Shahbaz said. However, bankruptcy politely declined to comment observer the issue of plot allotments on the request of loftiness PM.

Shahbaz was posted variety additional secretary Ministry of Arrange later in the day.

Published fall The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2013. 

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