502 plots allotted to govt officers under discretionary quota

By Zulfiqar Ghuman

ISLAMABAD: A total of 502 plots were allotted to senior and junior government officials in the Federal Government Employees Housing Scheme (Phase-I) in Islamabad on nominal charges under a discretionary quota in 1988.

This information was provided to the Senate on Tuesday by Syed Safwanullah, minister for housing and works, in response to a question by Senator Murad Ali Shah who wanted details, including the names and posts of those who were allotted plots, their addresses and the prices of the allotted plots. The reply did not mention plot sizes or the allotment authority, however.

Plots of various sizes were allotted to bureaucrats in sectors I-8/2, I-8/3, I-8/4, G-11/1 and G-11/2 at costs of Rs150,000, Rs 88,888, Rs 77,778, Rs 50,000 and Rs 37,420, respectively. The current price of a 500 square yards plot in I-8/3 and G-11/1 is more than Rs 10 million, according to a property dealer.

Forty-two plots were allotted in I-8/2, 151in I-8/3, 130 in I-8/4, 52 in G-11/1 and 127 in G-11/2. Officials who were allotted the plots range from section officers to federal secretaries.

Senior officials to whom plots were allotted in various sectors at a cost of Rs 150,000 each are:

I-8/2: Hassan Zaheer (secretary cabinet division), Arshad Farooq (member Planning Commission), Usman Ali Isani (secretary food and agriculture), Salim Abbas Jillani (defence secretary), Muhammad Iqbal Rajput (director general of the Public Works Department), Jalees Ahmed Siddiqi (joint secretary Ministry of Housing), Abdul Wahab (additional secretary of Environment Ministry), Rashid Baloch (joint secretary works), and RA Aknund (secretary finance).

I-08/3: Aminullah Chaudhry (managing director of Punjab Mineral Development Corporation), FK Bandial (secretary States and Frontier Regions), Mohammad Waliullah Khan (advisor of conservation of archaeology, Lahore), Badruddin Zahidi (secretary women division), Ijaz Ahmed (additional secretary production), Pervez Ahmed Butt (additional secretary science and technology), Mashkoor Ahmed Khan (special secretary establishment division), Ali Akhtar (divisional superintendent of Pakistan Railways), Aftab Hussain (consulate general of Foreign Ministry), Fariduddin Ahmed (secretary Punjab Tourism Department), Mian Muhammad Ashiq (chief engineer Pakistan Railways), Salman Farooqi (additional secretary special education and social welfare), Shiekh Ejaz Alam (chief instructor of National Institute for Public Administration), Iqbal Khan Sumbal (member FPSC), Ashraf Sheikh (secretary railways), Hafeez Randhawa (joint secretary commerce), Habibullah Khan Niazi (deputy inspector general of police), Capt Naseer Ahmed (OSD BPS 21 Establishment Division), HA Serazi (collector Customs), MW Memon (chairman National Development Finance Corporation); Maqsood Ahmed Sheikh (additional secretary production), M Mubeen Ahsan (member CBR) Shamsuddin Qureshi (secretary youth affairs division), Sultan Farooqi (associate professor JPMC), SM Ismail (joint secretary of local government and rural development), Hafeezur Rehman (deputy secretary manpower division), M Anwar Zahid (chief secretary Punjab), Ismail Patel (PR information officer PID), Muhammad Rasool Khan (superintending engineer of public works department), Ahmed Sadik (secretary food and agriculture), Shafaat Ali Malik (chief architect of public works department), Ghulam Hussain Memon (superintending engineer of public works department), Abdul Qayyum (director IB), KU Farooqi (secretary cabinet division), Mian Tayyab Hussain (additional secretary finance division), Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan (additional secretary President secretariat), Amir Turab Ali (collector Customs), Mohibullah Shah (additional secretary PM secretariat), Muhammad Samiullah (joint secretary cabinet division), Aziz Ahmed Khan (director general of foreign affairs ministry), Khan Ahmed Goraya (joint secretary National Assembly Secretariat), Taj Muhammad (joint secretary Finance division), Muhammad Akmal (collector Customs), Malik Lala Yesrab (joint secretariat PM Secretariat), Taufiq Fehmi (additional secretary cabinet division), SMA Khairi (ambassador), Nazar Abbass Siddiqui (chairman HBFC) and Shaukat Fariq (DG Foreign Affairs).

I-08/4: Sultan Hameed (administrator general Zakat), Shukat Ali Bukhari (director ADBP), Yazdani Khan (chairman CBR), Mushtaq Ahmed (police commandment), Shamsul Mulk (director general Wafaqi Mohtasib), Munir Khan (chief engineer Northern), Shakeel Ahmed (joint secretary tourism division), Kalim Dil Khan (chairman Narcotics Control Board), Zaheer Sajjad (managing director Punjab Industrial Development Board), Siraj Shamsuddin (joint secretary PM secretariat), Tariq Khokar (ASP Police), Waliullah Khan Kheshgi (ambassador), Masihul Islam (general manager Sui Northern Gas), Rustam Shah Mohammand (home secretary NWFP), Jaffar Mohammand (DMD PTDC), Mohammad Akram Shiekh (CEO ministry of production), Aslam Iqbal (additional secretary petroleum), Shamsul Haq (joint secretary finance division), Baland Akhtar (JS women’s division), Riaz Ahmed Malik (collector Customs), Muhammad Izhar Khan (joint secretary Ministry of Industries), Iqbal Moeen (additional secretary commerce), SM Mattu (director National Tariff Commission), S Barkatullah (chairman EOBI), Izharul Haq (ambassador), Muhammad Sadiq (accountant general of Pakistan) and Abdul Kabir (director general Foreign Affairs).

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