PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on Tuesday arrested an additional secretary of finance department on charges of making illegal appointments in the social welfare department when he was its director during the previous provincial government.

The arrested official, Imtiaz Ayub, will be produced before an Ehtesab court on Wednesday (today) by the commission for getting his physical custody.

The commission alleged that the suspect was a former director of social welfare department and had allegedly made appointments in the department contrary to rules, which was a crime under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission Act.

Barrister Qazi Babar Irshad, an additional deputy prosecutor general of the commission, said that in the same case the commission had earlier arrested an assistant of the said department, Sardar Ali, who was serving in the industrial training centre of the department.

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Sardar Ali was arrested on May 7 on charges of receiving bribes from candidates aspiring for getting jobs during the previous provincial government. The suspect is still in the custody of the commission.

The commission alleged that the suspect used to receive money for preparing forged documents for the candidates, who the high-ups in the department wanted to appoint against different posts.

BIOMETRIC SYSTEM: The KPEC has installed biometric attendance system at its office with the collaboration of directorate of information technology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The officials of the directorate provided the devices to the commission and installed the same at its office besides imparting necessary training to its staff for successful running of the system.

The director general of the KPEC, retired Lt Gen Mohammad Hamid Khan, inaugurated the system on Tuesday.

He took personal interest in its installation and ensured that the system became operative in the shortest possible time. The employees of KPEC also supported the idea with the view to make it an example of efficiency for other government organisations.

Addressing the employees on this occasion, the director general highlighted the importance of time management system. He said that time was the only commodity which could not be stored and could not be retrieved.

Mr Khan said that time was a bridge between fame and failure and it also provided opportunities to finish their assignments in a sound and professional manner. He also appreciated the efforts of information technology wing of the commission in this regard.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2015

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