The authorities of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) have kept deep silence over the matter of alleged corruption of millions of rupees by former District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) and former Executive District Officer (EDO) (Finance), well placed sources told Business Recorder.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi office on January 25, 2010 had referred the matter to the chairman ACE and suggested necessary action as per law, sources said.
The chairman ACE had marked the letter of NAB for inquiry to the Enquiries Section, where they had allotted only inquiry diary number 278 to the matter while the matter has not been investigated as yet, sources said.
According to sources, the complainant, Moharam Ali, resident of Naushehroferoze city, had alleged that official residence and furniture was available for the DCO of the district but when Zulifqar Ali Shah took over as DCO, he showed in official records expenditure of more than Rs 10 million over the constructed bunglow and drew the huge amount from the government's budget with the connivance of Treasury officer.
There was no need to construct a double boundary wall around the bungalow but he had drawn the money from government treasury without issuing tender and misused more than Rs 2 million with connivance of treasury officer, the complainant said.
They also drew money from government's special relief funds, which are distributed among people affected by natural calamities. The government has fixed Rs 2000 per person but they drew Rs 50,000 per person in the name of various persons and usurp more than Rs 10 million with the connivance of Treasury officer, letter mentioned.
It is a pity that despite having complaints, the concerned officials of ACE were silent over the issue and put the matter in the cold storage, sources said.
An official of ACE told Business Recorder on the condition of anonymity that majority of issues of corruption used to be resolved on the basis of "give and take" formula.