BAHAWALNAGAR: The officers holding the cost of seven wheat procurement centres of the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Providers Company (Passco) who had been discovered responsible of massive corruption in distribution of gunny luggage in a Particular Department report alleged that they had been compelled to violate the coverage by their high-ups, particularly the zonal head Malik Jibran Pervez, and demanded the authorities to take motion towards the precise culprits. They’ve sought safety additionally, saying they’re dealing with threats from indignant farmers.
On Could 16, seven Passco middle in-charges, whose corruption was reported by Daybreak, particularly Adnan Khalid of Chubyana, Sajjad Ali Qazi of Madrassa, Hafiz Waleed Sarwar of Tuba Qalandar Shah, Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti and Muhammad Daniyal of Bahawalnagar and Shah Rukh Zahoor of Mari Mian, despatched a letter to the managing director (MD) of the company.
Within the letter, a duplicate obtainable with Daybreak, they admitted that they embezzled tons of of thousands and thousands of rupees in bardana issuance however they did it on being compelled by zonal head Malik Jibran Pervez. The officers claimed that they’d despatched the report of corruption to the MD workplace together with their criticism.
Nonetheless, Jibran says his subordinates are making allegations towards him to blackmail him to get their targets elevated.
Zonal head denies the cost, saying centre in-charges wish to blackmail him
Accusing their zonal head, the Passco centre in-charges say 1000’s of sacks of wheat from totally different events had been bought on the centres whereas neither the bardana was issued nor was it transferred to their centres. Gunny luggage in extra of the goal had been purchased and unloaded on the centres by power and now the zonal head and wheat homeowners are threatening the middle in-charges to pay for these 1000’s of sacks, the letter says.
1000’s of official gunny luggage from warehouses and centres in Bahawalnagar had been launched by the verbal orders of the zonal head to the individuals of his selection. The letter goes on to say that to cowl up the irregularities and large corruption, the zonal head first issued rationalization letters to the centre in-charges on April 10, nonetheless, these letters had been cancelled by him on the identical date when the centre in-charges said the info in response to it.
The complainants mentioned that because of the irregularities, the farmers have turn out to be mortal enemies of the middle in-charges attributable to which they had been unable to carry out their duties and had to enter hiding. They demanded motion towards zonal head Jibran Pervez.
It’s price mentioning that on April 16, Daybreak revealed the names of twenty-two Passco officers, together with the above seven officers, and the zonal head for promoting gunny luggage to merchants. The sources advised Daybreak that the Passco basic supervisor has taken discover of the report and groups are accumulating data from these seven Passco centres.
A report of Particular Department (SB), a duplicate obtainable with Daybreak, revealed that each one 22 centre in-charges from Bahawalnagar and Minchinabad tehsil had been concerned in promoting gunny luggage to merchants as a substitute of farmers. The report claimed that Passco centre in-charges, buy inspectors, undertaking managers and DGM Passco had been concerned in unfair distribution of gunny luggage.
Talking to Daybreak concerning the matter, Passco Zonal head Malik Jibran Pervez claims that he by no means requested any centre in-charge to buy extra portions of wheat past their assigned targets and false allegations towards him by his subordinates is their try and blackmail him.
He says the Passco wheat procurement centre in-charges wish to get their targets elevated however he wouldn’t be blackmailed in doing so.
Intelligence sources have additionally advised Daybreak that each one the Passco centre in-charges indulged in corruption willingly and never below any strain from their bosses whereas they’re now attempting to make their zonal head a scapegoat after they themselves had been caught red-handed. The sources declare that the data of all 22 Passco centres of Minchinabad and Bahawalnagar are incomplete, including that Bardana corruption includes not solely Passco staffers but additionally income officers and a few legislators of the ruling PML-N.
Printed in Daybreak, Could 18th, 2024