PCB Chairman accused of irregularities & corruption at ZTBL: Petition filed - PakPassion

Statsman

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The appointment of Zaka Ashraf as chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board was overshadowed by a petition filed in the Supreme Court by a senior officer of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd on Tuesday, seeking recovery of losses suffered by the nation because of irregularities and corruption allegedly committed by Mr Ashraf as head of the bank.

Advocate Mian Abdul Rauf, who filed the petition on behalf of Senior Executive Vice President of ZTBL Mohammad Nadeem Chohan, also requested the court to set aside the Sept 28, 2011, notification under which Mr Ashraf was allowed to continue as president of the bank.

Zaka Ashraf, who is also chairman of the Ashraf Group of Industries, is considered to be a close friend of President Asif Ali Zardari.

The federal government, through establishment secretary, State Bank of Pakistan and finance secretary, besides Mr Ashraf, are respondents in the petition. Several annexures have been attached to substantiate the allegations levelled in the petition.

Mr Ashraf, the petition alleges, is not qualified to become president of the agriculture bank and, therefore, not eligible to continue to hold the same office.

The petition alleges that he is hampered by lack of qualifications and is also disqualified in view of his demonstrated lack of “honesty and integrity”.

On Aug 30, 2008, the finance division had nominated Mr Ashraf as president of the ZTBL and the bank`s board of directors confirmed his appointment on Sept 3.

But the SBP declared him unfit to hold the post. Subsequently challenged before the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court the appointment was declared illegal, prompting Mr Ashraf to institute an intra-court appeal that was transferred to the Islamabad High Court and is still pending there.

After his term as ZTBL president expired on Sept 3, 2011, the finance division issued a notification on Sept 28, allowing him to continue to hold the post.

His appointment, the petition alleges, is illegal and mala fide and result of his direct influence with the person at the helm of affairs.

The petition accuses Mr Ashraf of being involved in corruption, committing irregularities and serious violations of law and indulging in favouritism and discrimination.

Citing an internal ZTBL audit report, the petition highlights 32 cases of irregular appointments in violation of bank`s own policies with an annual financial impact of Rs58 million.

The petition says that despite a ban imposed by the federal government on fresh recruitments from April 2008 to February 2009, Mr Ashraf illegally employed 11 officials in the Kissan Support Services (Pvt) Ltd without any advertisement in the newspapers and open competition. The Auditor General of Pakistan also objected to the appointments for creating a liability of Rs23.9 million. These officers were later reappointed in the bank with the same designations knowing well that two of them had been fined by the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan.

Mr Ashraf allegedly awarded a Rs100 million contract of designing and consultancy of ZTBL building in Abbottabad in violation of procurement rules and transparent process to a firm owned by his brother-in-law.

Likewise, he got his secretariat on the 12th floor of the building in Islamabad renovated bypassing procurement rules. He also allegedly awarded a contract for supply of fertiliser to a single company in violation of rules and created exclusive franchise/monopoly at public cost, the petition alleged.

The agriculture and farming community is in dire need of crop inputs and tractors, which plays a pivotal role in the development of agriculture, the petition says. But Mr Ashraf as president exposed the agriculture sector to immense losses and the growth level witnessed a slide resulting in decline in lending. The tractor loans scheme alone registered a negative trend by 93 per cent, the petition alleges.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/12/sc-mo...bl-losses.html

IAJ

What on earth

Bring Back Butt I say

Sherlock

.....And the circus begins.........Again.

Proud To Be A Pakistani

well done ZAka Ashraf 1st you fup ....... ZBTL ... PCB is 2nd on ur list :p

Eagle_Eye

Well qualified to take over from Ijaz Butt then......

Cpt. Rishwat

What a surprise. Really. I'm surprised.

ManHOOS

Expected after all Zordari has picked him

IAJ

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Originally Posted by Proud To Be A Pakistani

well done ZAka Ashraf 1st you fup ....... ZBTL ... PCB is 2nd on ur list :p

Zardari has left the whole country in a mess, pcb tou kuch bhi nahi hai

Statsman

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According to Hussain Haqqani, Zaka Ashraf has never been accused of financial wrong in his 25-year public career.

There you go....

JibranAnsari

Don't worry guys his tenure won't last long like the current government's.

Saj

Day 1 of his tenure has started well then....

abc_to_xyz

chalo atleast Agriculture sector to inkay karam say bach gya ;)

JibranAnsari

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Originally Posted by abc_to_xyz

chalo atleast Agriculture sector to inkay karam say bach gya ;)

Isnt he still the chairman?

attock

Not surprised he is Zardari's friend after all..........

Masterji

Welcome to the bankruptcy of PCB. Whatever Zardari touches it soon becomes s--t. What an evil -------.

Passionate-FastBowler

All I care is that he :-

1) Stays out of meddling in team affairs.

2) Stays out of selection matters.

3) Does not force a player into the team he falls in love with !

4) Just manage the financial and admin side of PCB and strongly avoid using politics against people who actually play the game on the field.

Other than that everything else would be down the hill anyways, didn’t matter whether ijaz butt was chairman or this new guy. Both are corrupt down to the core of their hearts. Nothing new.

When you have the biggest thief as a President of Pakistan then expect the same from the people under him and chosen especially by him.

Passionate-FastBowler

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Originally Posted by Masterji

Welcome to the bankruptcy of PCB. Whatever Zardari touches it soon becomes s--t. What an evil -------.

I suppose, democracy the best revenge

the Great Khan

so whats gonna be his first act? cmon we can come up with something creative.

Markhor

Controversy on the first day

Only in Pakistan !

Masterji

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Originally Posted by the Great Khan

so whats gonna be his first act? cmon we can come up with something creative.

Captaincy to the highest bidder. Offer places in the team for people with some serious loot. Each player to swear allegiance to Zardari and the PP.

Statsman

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Mr Ashraf allegedly awarded a Rs100 million contract of designing and consultancy of ZTBL building in Abbottabad in violation of procurement rules and transparent process to a firm owned by his brother-in-law.

It seems like a certain Imran Farhat should have no problems now.

Passionate-FastBowler

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Originally Posted by Masterji

Captaincy to the highest bidder. Offer places in the team for people with some serious loot. Each player to swear allegiance to Zardari and the PP.

Unless Zardari has got his own personal holy book ? If the jews and christians can write their own why is zardari any less ?

cricmylife

hey hey tell me something new!!

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Cpt. Rishwat

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Originally Posted by the Great Khan

so whats gonna be his first act? cmon we can come up with something creative.

He'll want a 10% cut on any money players earn through fixing. His financial background should certainly help in this regard.

asifp

Pakistan Steel Mills strating making a loss as soon as Zardari cronies took over. Bye Bye PCB

Love Pakistan

You didn't have to tell everyone about this.. I mean he is Zardari's friend so what would you expect?

Areesh

Nothing surprising. Shows he is indeed Zardari's friend.

Prince_Pathan

laughed out loud only for everybody to hear me in computer suite

this doesnt surprise me at all

corruption is clearly a daily routine now in pak

insaftak

*190 Million.

Allah he hum pay Rehm Karey

I say bring back butt

*190 Million.

dhump

why am I not surprised at all.
What else can one expect from them I am sure Zardari was looking for a bigger chor and he found it.

Sir.Unique

Ijaz butt Please come back we love you

Muhammad Waleed

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Originally Posted by Sir.Unique

Ijaz butt Please come back we love you

Old is gold

Watsupdoc

Lol @ people wanting Butt back... Chill guys it's only been 1 day so far

Dr. Khan

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Originally Posted by Passionate-FastBowler

All I care is that he :-

1) Stays out of meddling in team affairs.

2) Stays out of selection matters.

3) Does not force a player into the team he falls in love with !

4) Just manage the financial and admin side of PCB and strongly avoid using politics against people who actually play the game on the field.

Other than that everything else would be down the hill anyways, didn’t matter whether ijaz butt was chairman or this new guy. Both are corrupt down to the core of their hearts. Nothing new.

When you have the biggest thief as a President of Pakistan then expect the same from the people under him and chosen especially by him.

This type of response really perplexes me, I do not mean the above poster but generally.

Corruption whether it be at a small scale or a large scale is corruption and should be treated as such. If we condemn it, then it should be condemned whether it is for a penny or for millions. On the one side, we have posters wanted to throw the book at the trio for a supposed corruption of 150,000 pounds. On the other, we have people willing to look the other way when the chairman is possibly involved in something much bigger. What is the message we are trying to give, if you are to be corrupt then do it at a grand scale or else we are going to come after you.

PennOne

so in reality Zaka is Zardari's kaka

mrk

He has been in PPP since 1970 and a close friend of zardari !!!! PCB is part of Pakistani system change sytem at top and every thing will get better with time. So plz dont complain when we elect this ppl with our votes!!!