More than a month after a major financial scandal involving 1.94 billion rupees surfaced in the Rawalpindi Development Authority (GDR), the administration began to implement key reforms to restore financial discipline. In a first step, the implementation of an irregular promotion was interrupted and a revised framework for the financial authority was introduced. As part of the new structure, the financial director and the deputy financial director were jointly authorized to approve financial transactions to Rs0.5 million. According to sources, these reforms are involved in response to the current surveys of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the anti-corruption establishment of Punjab and a committee for the teaching of the facts set up by the chief secretary. The scandal involved the unauthorized transfer of RS1.94 billion public funds to various companies and individuals through call deposit receipts (CDR). In the first phase of corrective actions, the promotion of the construction inspector Nadeem Jamal was suspended. Originally working in the engineering service, Jamal was promoted to the 11th year to the construction director (16th year) and subsequently to the deputy director of engineering (17th year). However, a new directive has now interrupted the implementation of its most recent promotion, pending the final decision of the committee. In parallel, a significant reshuffle took place within the finance department. Sohaib Ahmed Qazi, previously finance director, was appointed deputy director of the State Directorate while continuing to hold additional accusations of financial and administration. Meanwhile, Masood Arshad, former deputy director of state management, was reassigned as Deputy Director Finance. Under the new management, the two managers co-signed all checks to Rs0.5 million and will jointly manage the bank account used for RDA personnel wages, pensions, public service bills and other routine expenses. It should be noted that a double signature system for higher value checks was already in place – required of signatures from the Director General of the Managing Director and finance for amounts exceeding 0.5 million rupees. However, years of low surveillance and poor surveillance have manipulated the CDR mechanism, which ultimately led to massive fainting. The surveys suggest that the CDR -based system has remained without control for almost a decade, allowing abusive improper use of public funds. NAB is probe the scam, on the other hand, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) began to convene officers in service and retirement of the GDD in the presumed public funds. All the former directors of the administration and finance that have served in the last decade are called in phases, with an already published assignment. In addition, the investigation committee in investigation of the facts set up by the chief secretary of the Punjab should hold his second session on Wednesday (today) in Lahore to investigate the question more. On Monday, several key officials, including the director of the GDR, Land Malik Ghazanfar, who was director of the DRD administrator and finance, deputy director Finance Waqar Asghar Raja, Deputy Director of Retirement Khawaja Arshad Javed, and other officials of the Finance Department, does not seem before Nabpindi.
GDR interrupts promotions in the middle of the fraud probe
