The Punjab governor on Friday notified the transfer of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Rawalpindi Director Muhammad Arif Raheem.

Raheem is known for having filed a number of cases pertaining to corruption during his one year as director of the ACE.

He was directed to report to the provincial Services and General Administration Department.

Earlier this month, Raheem had said that department had extended its net to catch big fish involved in land grabbing through bogus papers, government officials living beyond known sources of income, and extortion of money from citizens by police and revenue department officials.

He had said that during the last six months, 883 complaints were received against officers of government departments while investigations were held on 577 complaints.

Comparatively, in 2017, the ACE had received a total of 1,207 public complaints against officers of government departments while inquiries were held in 703 of the complaints. He said cases were registered against 135 corrupt officials while 138 suspects were arrested.

Other transfers and postings

Other postings and transfers notified on Aug 24 by the Establishment Division are as follows:

• Tariq Mahmood Pasha, a BS-22 officer of the Inland Revenue Service, currently serving as the Statistics Divison secretary, has been transferred and posted as Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Division secretary

• Muhammad Ayub Shaikh, a BS-22 officer of the Secretariat Group, currently serving as the Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan secretary has been posted as the Statistics Division secretary

• Muhammad Jalal Sikandar Sultan, a BS-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) officer, currently serving as the Petroleum Division secretary, has been transferred and posted as the States and Frontier Regions Division secretary

• Mian Asad Hayud Din, a BS-21 officer of the PAS, currently serving as the Establishment Division OSD, has been transferred and posted as the Petroleum Division Additional Secretary (In charge)

• Aurangzeb Haque, a BS-22 officer of the PAS, currently awaiting posting in the Establishment Division, has been transferred and posted as Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) secretary

• Saqib Aziz, a BS-22 officer of the PAS, currently serving as the CADD secretary has been transferred and posted as the Aviation Division secretary

• Muhammad Tariq, a BS-19 officer of the Secretariat Group, currently serving under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, has been transferred and posted as the joint secretary to the Prime Minister's Office