Sources said the investigation has been initiated against the officials, including General Manager Human Resource Wing Inayatullah Daula, Senior General Manager Coordination Sultan Mehmood and General Manager Vigilance Raja Ijaz.
As far as financial irregularity is concerned, it has been alleged that all these high officials of USC played a role in investing huge Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) in National Investment Trust without getting approval from the competent authority and it had resulted in losses worth Rs60 million to the corporation.
The record showed that the USC already held two interval inquiries into the matter in 2011 and 2012 and findings of first inquiry were rejected by the governing board terming it a ‘mala fide attempt’ while the report of the second one gave a clean chit to all officials who were probed in CPF funds case.
In another case, General Manager Human Resource Wing Inayatullah Daula and other officers have been blamed for more than 2,000 illegal appointments but interestingly the NAB has sought all record of these appointments from Inayatullah Daula who is himself accused in the case.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PPP-led government not only inducted all these persons in USC but also announced that it would regularise their services through Khursheed Shah Committee, but it did not materialise due to some bureaucratic hurdles.
According to the official record, around 9,000 USC employees are regular, 4,520 employees are working on contract basis and 2,443 daily wagers work in the USC throughout the country.The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Regularisation of the Contract/Daily Wages Employees in previous government approved regularisation of the 3,925 contract/daily wages employees of USC but the decision was not implemented by the relevant authorities.
The official record showed that the USC administration has already dismissed some 1,100 daily wages employees inducted during the PPP’s government besides showing the door to those 150 daily wagers recruited by the caretaker government.
The NAB spokesman in his written reply said: “The inquiries have been authorised in these case which are under process.” When contacted, General Manager Human Resource Wing Inayatullah Daula told this correspondent that the NAB is currently carrying out investigation against him and some other officials but he is yet to appear before the NAB officials.
“At the moment, the NAB officials have initiated the investigation into some cases and I don’t have any knowledge about how they would move forward in this direction. Whatever they would ask from me, I would let them know each and every thing. Now I cannot offer you any more comments on this issue,” he said.
Senior General Manager Coordination Sultan Mehmood told this correspondent that internal inquiry was conducted with regard to investment of CPF funds and many officials including him were probed but later the findings showed that no ill intention was involved in it.
“Now NAB has reopened the CPF funds case, but so far neither any notice has been served on him nor he has been contacted by any one in this respect. If I am asked to share any information then I would do it to the best of my knowledge,” he said.
USC General Manager (Vigilance) Raja Ijaz told this scribe that internal inquiry into the case already established the fact that the relevant officials did no wrong and they are again ready to face probe into the CPF case initiated by NAB.
“A circular has been issued in which all officials have been directed not to interact with media so I cannot share anything more on this topic. If I share what we are going to present to the NAB officials then it would be violation of official directives,” he said. When contacted, USC Managing Director Khaqan Murtaza said that two internal inquiries have already been conducted to probe CPF funds case and now the ministry has approached NAB to reopen the case.
“The inquiry done in 2012 concluded that no ill intentions were involved when CPF funds were invested in National Investment Trust. But if the relevant authorities thought it right to reinvestigate the case through NAB then they have no reservations about it,” he added.
To a question, he said they also have no reservations about inquiry into recruitments made during the PPP’s government because if there had been violation of rules then the incumbent government has the authority to take action in this respect.
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