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ATTOCK, April 28: On the directives of the Punjab government, the district administration has sealed the record of all district and tehsil governments for scrutiny, it has been learnt.
The entire record of district government and tehsil municipal administrations of Attock, Jand, Hazro, Hasanabdal, Pindigheb and Fatehjang have been sealed to investigate alleged corruption, particularly in the affairs of development projects and recruitments, sources said.
The move has upset the district and tehsil nazims, as they cannot now interfere in the record of their respective offices, besides paralysing their activity.
Besides sealing of the record, the district and tehsil nazims are also facing a cool response from the functionaries of district administration as most of their decisions are not been entertained.
The executive district officer revenue has revised his decision regarding promotions of officials, while the newly-appointed district coordination officer has also declared some development projects of the district government substandard and proposed the concerned quarters of Punjab government for detail inquiry.
The nazims and their blue-eyed people would defiantly face tough situation from the district administration in the coming days, sources added.
NAZIM OPPOSES MOVE: The district nazim, Tahir Sadiq Khan, on Monday expressed concern over the sealing of official record of the district government departments and termed it a violation of local bodies ordinance.
Speaking at a press conference here, the nazim said he welcomed the audit of the departments but sealing of record was totally unjustified.
He said the district government would approach the court of law against the sealing of record and other ‘illegal’ steps of the government.
He said under the LB system, he had no financial powers and all affairs were in the hands of the respective EDOs and departmental heads. He claimed that the audit of district and tehsil governments had already been carried out till June 2007 by the internal and provincial audit teams, which showed all financial matter in order.
To a question about reversal of some promotions and other steps by the office of executive district officer revenue (EDOR), he said the action was illegal.
To another query that the anti-corruption establishment was probing the alleged massive financial irregularities in the office of EDO finance and planning during the last seven years, the nazim expressed his ignorance about it.
About the suspension of free treatment for hepatitis patients at the district headquarters hospital, he said he would inquire about the matter.
Our Correspondent from Taxila adds: Special teams constituted by the Punjab Local Fund Audit Department initiated the scrutiny and audit of the accounts of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Taxila and Hassanabdal on Monday.
