Rs 130 million foreign
loan meant for capacity building of government servants
has gone down the drain as it all ended up in the foreign
joy trips of the officials or in improving their personal
qualification.
The policy was to improve the government servants’
skill for their input against a specific project-project
for improvement of financial reporting and auditing (Pifra).
But practically very few after getting the expensive training
served in or for Pifra. Informed sources revealed that
out of 153 officers, whose foreign trips were sponsored
through Pifra’s World Bank loan totalling $37million,
only 11 had contributed upon their return for the project.
Majority of these 153 officers, including senior mandarins
of the Finance Ministry, Central Board of Revenue, Planning
Division and Pakistan Audit Department (PAD) had gone
for short foreign visits in the name of Pifra training.
A number of young officers were offered foreign degree
programmes but generally they too upon their return showed
no inclination to work for Pifra. Almost 46 officers,
apparently lacking the right connections, were offered
local training but in this category too only five officers
had served in Pifra after their completion of training.
This casual waste of World Bank loan, to be paid back
with interest from taxpayers’ money, is feared to
repeat in the recently launched Rs 3.6 billion capacity
building programme started yet again from a foreign loan.
Sources agree that the bureaucracy would swallow the new
loan too in the name of capacity building if a much stricter
policy were not adopted.
Details show that out of Pifra loan the government has
spent a total of Rs 117 million in the name of foreign
training of 153 officers whereas a total of Rs 9.3 million
was spent on their local training. Interestingly, the
PAD, which is the main government department dealing with
Pifra, had trained many of its officers, but tested quite
a few to justify the huge spending.
Ironically, according to a source, the audit department
that picks up holes in others’ spending has not
objected to this waste of taxpayers’ money, which
is no less than a scandal. Out of 153 "foreign trained"
officers, only 11 officers had served in Pifra. These
include Akmal Minallah Khan, Assistant Auditor General;
Arig Mansoor, Project Coordinator Pifra; Arsalan Hanif,
Director Pifra; Iran Anjum Khan, PAD officer; Khalid Rashid,
Project Director Pifra; Khurram Farooq, Deputy Director,
PAD; Khurram Raza Qureshi, Deputy Director, PAD; Nasrul
Aziz, Joint Secretary, Pifra Coordination, Finance Ministry;
SNKA Ghaznavi, Director General, PAD; Sania Rifaat, Director
Pifra; Shabbir A Dahar, Director General, PAD; and Shama
Ahsan Khan, Director, PAD.
>From amongst the 46 locally trained officers those
who had served in Pifra include Arif Mansur Project Coordinator
(Pifra); Muhammad Fahim, Deputy Director, Pifra; Muhammad
Jan, Deputy Director, PAD; Sadia
Immad, Deputy Director, PAD; and Zia Akhtar, Director
General, PAD. The following is the list of those who took
foreign trips or earned foreign degrees from the Pifra
loan, but never worked in the same project.
A Hameed, Asstt Auditor General (AAG); Adul Hameed Secretary,
CBR; Abdul Khatiq DAG, Punjab; Abdul Majid Qaser, SO;
Abdul Rauf Malik, JS; Abdul Sattar Asstt ECO Adv; Ahmad
Khan Member, Sales Tax; Ahmed Nawaz
Sukhera, Additional secretary; Ahmed Rasul Bangash, Accountant
General. NWFP; Aijaz Ahmed Mangi, Additional Finance Secretary,
Sindh; Akhtar Zaman Khattak, Secretary (S Tax); Ali Akbar
Abbasi, SO; Aijan
Forestune, Consultant, CBR; Amjad Ali Khan, Dir (I Tax);
Anayatullah Ghangazi, D G; Asad Abass Maken, Dy Com, Income
Tax; Asif Bajwa JS, Finance; Aslam Tariq Director; Asma
Malik, Computer Prgrammer; Azhar
Hameed, Asstt AG (GA); Azhar Rasool Basra, Dy Director;
Babar Hamid Dy Dir Audit, Defence Rwp; Barkat Ali Bokhari,
Secretary, CBR; Behan Ali Sher, Addl Collector; Ch Muhammad
Ilyas, Add AGP I; Dildar Ahmad
Bhatti, Asstt Eco Adv; Dr M Saeed, Addl Collector, Customs;
Farah Ayub Tareen, Director; Farooq Akhtar Dy Sec Fin,
NWFP; Farrakh Qayyum Spl Asstt to PM; Fateh Muhammad Sheikh,
Addl Collector (S Tax); Fazalur
Rehman, Secretary; Fizza Ali Khan, Procurement Consultant,
Pifra; Ghalibud Din, Dy MAG R Pindi; Habibur Rehman, RO;
Hamid Raza, Director; Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, AG (AJK); Iftikhar
Ahmed Mir, Adl AG, Lahore;
Iftikhar Hussain Tariq, DG (SAP); Ijaz Ahmed Mansur, Dir
Fin, Ikram Naveed Mughal, Dy Dir; Inayatullah Changezi,
DG Audit; Javed Jehangir, Dir (SAP), Lahore; Javed Arif,
DG Govt, Audit; Javed Athar, Addl Dir,
CBR; Javed Siddiqui, Director; Khurram Raza Qureshi, Dy
Dir; Liaqat ali Chaudhary, DG (IR & HR); M Anwar,
AG, Balochsitan; M Javed Anwar, SO; M Zubair, Chief Inspector
of Treasuries; M Javed Anwar, SO; M Zubair,
Chief Inspector; M Jamil Afaqi Dy Dir (AATT), Lahore;
M Mumtaz Malik, J S (Fin Dir); M Sami Saeed, JS; M Tahsin
Khan, Secretary; Malik Asrar Hussain, Pifra Coordinator;
Malik Iftikhar Hussain Javed, Dy Secretary;
Manak S Idrees, Director; Manzur Hussain, Auditor General;
Mazaharul Aziz, BPO; Mian M Jamail Aafaqi, Secretary;
Mohammad Maqsood, Programmer; Muhammad Arshad Malik, Asstt
Eco Adv; Muhammad Ayaz, DAG, NWFP; Muhamamd Idrees, Asstt
Eco Adv; Muhammad Ismail Qureshi, Secretary; Muhammad
Jamil, SO; Muhammad Jan Jan, Dy Dir, NWFP; Muhamamd Luqman
SO; Muhammad Saeed, Assist Eco Adv; Muhammad Shoaib Ansari
CGA; Muhamamd Tarhir, Secretary (S Tax); Muhamamd Yahya,
DCMA (RC); Muhammad
Younas, Asstt Eco Adv; Muhamamd Shoaib, SO; Mushtaq Malik,
JS; Mutahir Shah Add AGPR; Naheed Ishaq, RO; Naheed Piracha,
SO; Najam Chaudhry, DAG, Balochistan; Najeeb Abbasi, Secretary,
CBR; Nasreen Niazi, RO; Naveed Ahsan, Secretary Fin; Naveed
Akram Chaudhry, Asstt Dir; Naveeda Salam, DD PAW LHR;
Nawaz Ali Lachari Adl Fin Sec; Nazrat Bashir Dy Secretary;
Osman Ghani Asstt. Eco Adv; Qamarud Din CGA; Qamar Zaman
Farooqui, SO, Fin; Qaseema A Subhani, RO; Rana Asad Amin,
Director; Rao Ali Ahmed Khan, SO; Rashid Ahmed Saleh,
DAG, FAPC; Riaz Ahmad, Asstt Eco Adv; Riaz Hussain Naqvi
Chairman; Riyazul Haque, Add Fin Secretary; S Barkat Ali,
Secretary. CBR; S M Arif, AG, NWFP; S K Mahmud, AR GL
of Pakistan; S Mahtab Hassan Naqvi, DG; S Mohsin Akhtar,
DG (Income Tax); S Mumtaz Hussain Bokhari, DS; S Trehman,
Dy Ar General (A&C); Saifur Rehman Usman, Director,
EDPC, FD, NWFP; Sajid Hasan JS (EAD); Sajid
Jawad Hussain Rizvi Dy Dir; Salahuddin Director; Samiullah,
Asstt Eco Adv; Sardar Azmat Shafi, DAG; Sayed Sajjad Hyder,
Dy Dir.; Shadan Bhatti, CBR Officer-Dy Secretary to Governor
Punjab; Shahid Ali Baig
Asst AG; Shahid Saleem, AAG (GA); Shahnaz Rafique, Addl
Dir (I Tax); Shereen Akhtar, SAO/TR PTCL; Shujaud Din,
Addl Collector (S Tax); Sohail Hassan, Procurement Expert,
Pifra; Sohail Rehan Asst Eco Adv;
Suhail Safdar, Addl Secretary; Sumaira K Aslam APA; Syed
Atif Ayub, DAG SR AGPR IBD DAG; Syed Barkat Ali, Secretary
CBR; Syed Mumtaz Hussain Bokhari DS; Syed Samsamul Haq,
JS; Syed Yasin Ahmed, Add Secretary; Tahir Iqbal Programmer;
Tahir Mehmood Dir AATI; Talat Imtiaz Dir AATI Lhr; Talib
Hussain Baluch, SO.; Tanveer Hussain Assist Eco Adv; Tanveer
Mohsin, DAG PJB Lhr.; Tariq Maqsood Dy Director; Tatah
Muhammad Sheikh; Umar Zafar Shaikh, DAG; Yawar Zia DG
(Reculation); Zafr Hasan Raza, DS; Zafarul Hasan, RO;
Zahid Pervaiz, Director; Zahid Saeed JS Esb Div; Zulfiqar
A Kazmi, Secretary (S Tax); Zulfiqar Ahmed Tarar Dy Dir.
The following is the list of those who were locally trained
from Pifra money, but never worked in the same project:
Ali Akbar S O, Fin Div; Amjad Rauf Programmer; Bilal Majeed,
DD (PAW); Gulzar A Bhutta PA to PC; Habibur Rehman, Audit
Officer; Ihsan Ullah, Audit Officer; Imdaad Ali Sheikh,
DAG, Sindh; Jamal Abdul Nasir Usmani,
Director; Javed Iqbal, Dy Dir; Javed Siddiqui, Director;
Khalid Al Sayed, Consultant; Khalid Mehmood, DG Comm Audit;
Khalid Sadiq, Dir OPS; M A Kayani, DD Pifra; M Nawaz,
AAO; M Tahir Saleem, AAO; M Azam
Khan, Director; M Junaid, Director Pifra; M Pervaiz; M
S Idrees Tarar, Dir (Fin) Lhr; Makhdoom H Chaudhry, S
O, Fin Div; Safdar Shah, DD; Ihsan Ulalh, Audit Officer;
Mrs Hashmai Iqbal, Director; Mrs Naseem
Akhter, DG; Mrs Raheela Saad, Dy Dir; Mrs Rukhsana Gillani,
Dy Cont Air Force AC Lhr; Ms Shagufta Khanum CMA (OP)
Rwp; Muhammad Azam Khan, Dir Fin; Muhammad Tayyab, AAO
NWFP; Mussarat Abbas, AAO; Naseerul Haq, PC (Pifra); Qamarud
Din, CGA; Rashid Ahmed Shaleh, DAG FAPC; Rukhsana
Gillani, Dy Cont Air Force AC, Lhr; S Ahmad Raza Zaidi,
AAG (CA&E); S A Raza Zaidi, AAG (CA&E); Shama
Ehsan Khan, Director; Yaren Khan, Director; Zahid Hussain,
Accountant, AAO; Zeeshan Tayyeb
