The standing committee on finance and revenue of the National Assembly has given another chance to Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to justify fresh recruitment's, number of vehicles being used by its president and details of transfer/posting during the last six months, its is learnt reliably.
"The ZTBL President had briefed the committee with regard to various issues raised by the members in the previous meeting and it was decided to discuss the same agenda in the next meeting," said a press release issued by the National Assembly Secretariat after the meeting here on Thursday.
The committee members also cautioned the ZTBL that if satisfactory replies were not received, the issue would be referred to the highest level, said an official who was present in the meeting, but requested not to be named.
THE QUESTIONS WHOSE ANSWERS HAD BEEN SOUGHT FROM THE ZTBL ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-- Has the bank made any fresh recruitment despite the ban imposed by the Establishment Division?
-- Whether Muhammad Riaz, Economic Advisor/Head of Research, Publication Department, ZTBL is the relative of the ZTBL President?
-- Had Sultana Mahmood, head of information system, served in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) prior to her appointment in the ZTBL?
-- Whether any approval from the Establishment Division through the Finance Ministry for recent advertised posts has been taken by the ZTBL?
-- Whether the promotions of the existing employees of the bank have been affected due to fresh recruitment? Was there any protest from the existing employees of the bank with regard to new recruitment? Are there any cases challenging the new recruitment in the court? If any, recruitment was made in violation of rules, who would be responsible for the financial losses being incurred on the payments to the lawyers in this regard?
-- Why regular employees of the bank fulfilling the requisite criteria are not being considered for the post of the managing director?
-- Does the bank give jobs to the sons/daughters of the deceased employees?
-- Details regarding postings/transfers made during the last six months mentioning their names along with their positions.
-- Muhammad Asghar was barred to be posted as Regional Manager for next three years. What are the reasons that the same officer has been posted for the same post after four months?
-- How many vehicles of the bank are presently in the use of the president and -what are their monthly expenditures being incurred on fuel and repair?
The committee, which met under the chairmanship of Anwar Ali Cheema, discussed the Banking Companies (amendment) bills 2005, clause by clause, and expressed concern that the anomaly which was pointed out in the previous meeting has not been removed by the ministries concerned.
After discussion, the committee, in principle, agreed to pass the bill with some amendments.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan, MNAs, Malik Saifullah Khan Tiwana, Riffat Amjad, Syed Naveed Qamar, Sardar Tufail Ahmad Khan, Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi, Ghulam Murtaza Satti, Khalid Iqbal Memon, Mohammad Laeeque Khan, and Liaquat Baloch, besides Additional Secretary, Finance; SBP governor, ZTBL President, and the representatives of other departments concerned.
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