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FAISALABAD, Jan 29: An Anti-Corruption Court issued on Tuesday warrants for the arrest of over 35 government employees, including policemen, for their involvement in corruption cases.
The accused had been nominated in various corruption cases registered by the Anti-Corruption Establishment. The Anti-Corruption Court issued warrants for their arrest when they failed to attend the proceedings.
They include assistant sub-inspectors Wali Muhammad, Nazeer Hussain, Liaquat Ali, Nazeer Ahmed, Basharat Ali, Sajid Ali, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Aslam, Iftikhar Hussain; constables Dilawar Hussain, Muhammad Asif, Bahawal Sher, Shahbaz Hussain, Sadiq Ali, Nabi Ahmad, Nazeer Ahmed; prisons welfare assistant director Riaz Ahmed; Faisalabad Development Authority clerks Muhammad Yousaf and Muhammad Tahir; Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education clerk Muhammad Hafeez.
TUSSLE: The dispute between the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) and the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) remained unresolved on the fourth day here on Tuesday.
People in several localities faced difficulties without electricity in streetlights and the TMA complex.
The Fesco officials had disconnected the power supply to the offices of the municipality and streetlights on Saturday night for non-payment of bills worth Rs13 million. In retaliation, the municipal authorities unloaded heaps of garbage in front of the Fesco offices.
However, the government has so far failed to arrange for a better option for the departments. Scores of people condemned the government’s inefficiency to control the situation.
When contacted, a TMA spokesman told this correspondent that the authorities were ready to make half payment to the Fesco but the department’s rigid attitude was creating problems.
The Fesco spokesman, on the other hand, claimed the municipal authorities had time and again been asked to deposit the outstanding arrears. He claimed the decision to cut power supply was legal which had been taken after due formalities, adding the supply could be resumed only in case of full payment.
PO STILL AT LARGE: Local police could not find on Tuesday any clue to the proclaimed offender who escaped from the lock-up.
Allah Ditta had escaped from the lock-up of Dijkot police station on Monday night. He is wanted by Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh police in a number of dacoity, murder and other heinous crimes cases.
Police had booked SHO Ayub Sahi and constables Ahmed Ali and Muhammad Ilyas for their criminal negligence. Both the constables have been arrested while Dijkot SHO is still at large.
